Crossword Clue: Curved yellow fruit
Here's the answer to the Curved yellow fruit crossword clue, with an explanation and where it has appeared.
Definition & answer: BANANA
The answer to "Curved yellow fruit" is BANANA. Banana runs 6 letters — 3 vowels and 3 consonants — opening with B and closing on A. In a grid it fills a 6-square slot whose letters are each shared with a crossing word, so the intersections do a lot of the heavy lifting when the clue itself is tough.
Origin & meaning
Bananas are among the world's most consumed fruits and grow on a giant herb, not a tree. Most commercial bananas are the Cavendish variety, all essentially clones grown from cuttings rather than seeds.
Common usage
You'll see BANANA in grids regularly — its 6-letter, 3 vowels shape is exactly what setters need to bridge trickier entries. When one intersecting letter is already in place, especially the B or A, BANANA tends to fall fast.
Crossword trivia
Short answers like BANANA are the connective tissue of a crossword. You'll meet BANANA again and again, and recognizing it instantly is one of the quiet skills that separates fast solvers from slow ones.
Stuck on this clue?
The fastest way past a stubborn clue like this one is the grid itself: pencil in the easy crossing answers first, and BANANA will often be the only word that fits the letters you already have.
This clue in different puzzles
Setters vary how they clue BANANA — sometimes with a straight dictionary definition, sometimes with wordplay, a pun, or a fill-in-the-blank — but the answer itself stays the same. Learning to spot the answer behind the disguise is a core crossword skill.
Example sentences
- "I had the crossing letters, so writing BANANA into the grid took no time at all."
- "Banana is the kind of answer that clicks the moment you spot one letter."
- "Seeing 'Curved yellow fruit' in the clue list, an experienced solver pencils in BANANA almost immediately."