NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
August 15, 2010
Will Shortz

Each sentence below conceals the name of a tree. Can you spot them?

1. Mother said, "Use soap please."
2. Is the lollypop large?
3. The agency pressed for more money.
4. Don't film a hog anymore.
5. Tomorrow I'll own the company.
6. Some Pueblo customs are unusual.
7. Is the highway line thick or yellow?
8. The car raced around the track.
9. Can I access the web on your computer?
10. Albany and Buffalo are in upstate New York.
11. School officials must give them lockers.

Answers:

1. use soAP PLEase
2. lollyPOP LARge
3. agenCY PRESSed
4. filM A HOG ANY more
5. tomorroW I"LL OWn
6. PuebLO CUSToms
7. tHICK OR Yellow
8. raCED ARound
9. wEB ON Your
10. AlBANY ANd
11. tHEM LOCKers

INTO THE WOODS
Credit: GAMES/World of Puzzles
October, 2016
A.W. Sunsets (#1-10)

Each of the clues below leads to a name, title, or  familiar phrase that includes the name of a species of tree. For example, Sticks found in the checkout aisle would lead to CHEWING GUM.

1. Fruity Ben & Jerry's flavor
2. Well respected ex-pol like Jimmy Carter
3. Day after Mardi Gras, when Lent begins
4. Phrase before "the mouse ran up the clock"
5. Classic kids' tale starring Mole and Toad
6. Comb your hair and put on a clean shirt
7. Mississippi
8. "Peggy Sue" singer
9. Place for the not so ship-shape on a ship
10. Ultra conservative group of the 1960's
11. Nabisco classic cookie
12. Kitchen feature, perhaps

Answers:

1. Cherry Garcia
2. Elder statesman
3. Ash Wednesday
4. "Hickory, dickory, dock" 
5. The Wind in the Willows 
6. Spruce up
7. The Magnolia State
8. Buddy Holly
9. Sick bay
10. John Birch Society 
11. Fig Newton
12. Oak cabinets

 

WOOD PLAY
Credit: NY Times Crossword
April 28, 1996
Diane C. Baldwin (#1-7)

Fill in the blanks with the name of a tree. Wood play is fair play.

1. _____ a sudden
2. _____ ego
3. _____ ear
4. _____ey dokey
5. It had to be _____
6. _____ opinion
7. _____ the wisp
8. _____Wednesday
9. A _____ be a good companion for you.
10. He _____ recovering from his injury.
11. Miami _____
12. Respect your _____s
13. _____ reader
14. _____ a good cause
15. _____ for the good old days

Answers:

1. Olive
2. Alder
3. Linden
4. Oak
5. Yew
6. Poplar
7. Willow
8. Ash
9. Dogwood
10. Aspen
11. Beech
12. Elder
13. Palm
14. Fir
15. Pine
 

WHAT TREE.............

1. is near the sea?

2. is dressed up?

3. would obey you?

4. is old?

5. is like a calendar?

6. shakes?

7. cries?

8. yearns?

9. has a lot of friends?

10. has all five vowels?

11. has a twin?

Answers:

1. Beech

2. Spruce or fir

3. Dogwood

4. Elder

5. Date palm

6. Quaking aspen

7. Weeping willow

8. Pine

9. Poplar

10. Sequoia

11. Pear