Answer list
Trees
70 answers whose clue names the category, from 3 to 10 letters.
Tree names are short and plain, which makes them good fill, but a clue that says tree can also mean the timber or the leaves, so check how many letters the grid allows before committing.
Most of them have 8 / 6 letters. The first letters that occur most often are B, C, M. Each answer links to its own page with more clues.
This list has 70 answers, from 3 to 10 letters; 46% of them have five to seven. In crosswords the category is usually signalled by a short opener such as “tropical”, “fragrant”, so the clue narrows the family before the crossings do. The members that catch solvers out are the rarer ones: KAPUKA (Broadleaf evergreen tree), BALIBAGO (Coastal fiber tree) and IDESIA (Red-berried tree).
| Answer | Clue |
|---|---|
| ACACIA | Thorny flowering tree |
| ALDER | Waterside hardwood |
| ASPEN | Mountain tree |
| BALATA | Tropical gum tree |
| BALIBAGO | Coastal fiber tree |
| BANYAN | Spreading fig tree |
| BAOBAB | Gourd-fruited giant tree |
| BASSWOOD | Linden timber |
| BEECH | Smooth gray tree |
| BIRCH | White-barked tree |
| BLACKWOOD | Dark timber |
| BUCKEYE | Ohio state tree |
| CAMWOOD | African dye tree |
| CASSIA | Cinnamon cousin |
| CASSIE | Fragrant acacia |
| CATALPA | Long-podded tree |
| CINCHONA | Quinine source |
| CORNEL | Dogwood tree |
| COTTONWOOD | Poplar relative |
| DIKA | African fruit tree |
| DITA | Asian evergreen tree |
| DOGWOOD | Blooming tree |
| EBONY | Deep black wood |
| ELM | Street shade tree |
| EUCALYPTUS | Aromatic tree |
| HACKBERRY | Celtis tree |
| HORNBEAM | Dense-wood tree |
| IDESIA | Red-berried tree |
| INGA | Tropical legume tree |
| IRONWOOD | Very hard timber |
| JAK | Tropical fruit tree |
| KAPUKA | Broadleaf evergreen tree |
| KINGWOOD | Fine furniture timber |
| KOWHAI | NZ tree |
| LABURNUM | Golden-chain tree |
| LARCH | Needle tree |
| LINDEN | Basswood tree |
| MAGNOLIA | Fragrant flowering tree |
| MAHOE | Tropical fiber tree |
| MANGROVE | Salt-swamp tree |
| MAPLE | Tree with sweet sap |
| MEI | Fragrant blossom tree |
| MESQUITE | Desert tree |
| MOLLE | Peruvian evergreen |
| NAGI | Glossy-leaved Asian tree |
| NEEM | Bitter-leaf tree |
| OAK | Hardwood with acorns |
| OSIER | Willow for basketry |
| PALMETTO | Fan-leaved tree |
| PALMYRA | Tropical fan tree |
| PINE | Needled cone tree |
| POON | Lightweight timber |
| POPLAR | Fast-growing tree |
| PUKA | New Zealand tree |
| RATA | Kiwi blossom tree |
| REDBUD | Spring tree |
| REDWOOD | Tall coastal tree |
| ROSEWOOD | Dark cabinet timber |
| SEQUOIA | Giant California tree |
| SHADBUSH | Serviceberry tree |
| SILKWOOD | Smooth timber |
| SYCAMORE | Broadleaf tree |
| TAMARACK | Larch tree |
| TEAK | Durable tropical wood |
| TIPU | Ornamental yellow tree |
| TORNILLO | Desert screwbean tree |
| TUNG | Oil tree |
| TUPELO | Swamp gum tree |
| WILLOW | Drooping waterside tree |
| YEW | Tree with red arils |
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