WOOD PLAY

Credit: NY Times Crossword - Apr. 28, 1996

D.C. Baldwin

Each clue below can be answered by a phrase which includes the name of a tree. For example, "Fine by me" could be answered with OAK-Y DOKEY.

1. Quickly - in a grove

2. Listen to the trees

3. Breed of dog - originally from China

4. Evergreen song favorite

5. Arboreal concensus

6. Hard-to-find shade giver

7. Freudian tree

HINTS:

The names of the trees are:

1. Olive

2. Linden

3. Pecan

4. Yew

5. Poplar

6. Willow

7. Alder

Answers:

1. Olive a sudden

2. Linden ear

3. Pecanese

4. "It Had To Be Yew"

5. Poplar opinion

6. Willow-the-wisp

7. Alder Ego