| In need of rescuing, as a kitty | 31 |
| In a difficult spot | 19 |
| Held at bay | 11 |
| Cornered, as a cat | 18 |
| Cornered in branches | 20 |
| Chased up a trunk | 17 |
| Caught in a corner | 18 |
| Beset by baying dogs, maybe | 27 |
| Arboreally cornered | 19 |
| Football Hall-of-Famer Ronnie, playing an extra in "Lord of the Rings"? | 81 |
| Arborists | 9 |
| Nursery supplier | 16 |
| Where elders grow older? | 24 |
| Timbered land for commercial use | 32 |
| Timber producer | 15 |
| Supplier of firs | 16 |
| Pre-Christmas destination for many | 34 |
| Mill supplier | 13 |
| Firrier? | 8 |
| Commercial forest area | 22 |
| Tropical plant with a trunklike stem | 36 |
| Tall, tropical frond-bearer | 27 |
| Large frond bearer | 18 |
| It has fronds and a trunk | 25 |
| Arborescent plant | 17 |
| Some rain forest flora | 22 |
| Kids' play area | 19 |
| Kids' hideaway | 18 |
| Kids' backyard play area | 28 |
| Malt liquor made with bark? | 27 |
| Like areas above the timberline? | 32 |
| Arboreal croaker | 16 |
| Spring croaker | 14 |
| Noisy amphibian | 15 |
| Arboreal amphibian | 18 |
| Arboreal croakers | 17 |
| Whole lot of apples | 19 |
| Kin of brants | 13 |
| Barriers used in urban renewal projects | 39 |
| Shrub that's the source of brierroot | 40 |
| Spruced-up abode? | 17 |
| Kids' secret club meeting place | 35 |
| Kid's backyard retreat | 26 |
| Child's retreat | 19 |
| Child's aerie | 17 |
| Backyard club locale | 20 |
| Logging opponent | 16 |
| Environmentalist, informally | 28 |
| Bear's hunting method | 25 |
| Like tundras | 12 |
| Like steppes | 12 |
| Like the tundra | 15 |
| Like a savanna | 14 |
| Little sapling, say | 19 |
| Tall and branching | 18 |
| Edge along some mountaintops | 28 |
| Mountain demarcation | 20 |
| Where the top begins to get bare | 32 |
| Where the timber ends | 21 |
| Tundra borderer | 15 |
| Timberland limit | 16 |
| The edge of the green? | 22 |
| Rockies demarcation | 19 |
| Mountain dividing point | 23 |
| Milestone for mountain climbers | 31 |
| Logger's cutting edge | 25 |
| It's at about 9800 feet on Mount Kilimanjaro | 48 |
| It's about 2,500 feet up on Mt. McKinley | 44 |
| Fringe of the green? | 20 |
| Arboreal border | 15 |
| Like Elm Street? | 16 |
| Shady, as a street | 18 |
| Like many avenues | 17 |
| Like many a New England street | 30 |
| Stereotypical suburban scene | 28 |
| Feature of many a residential neighborhood | 42 |
| Outdoor site for some Christmas purchases | 41 |
| Surgeon of a kind | 17 |
| Forester | 8 |
| Cloverlike plant with yellow flowers | 36 |
| Story of adoptive jungle dwellers? | 34 |
| Lichen on a trunk | 17 |
| Lichen found on branches | 24 |
| Climacium, familiarly | 21 |
| Woodenware | 10 |
| Small woodenware | 16 |
| Wooden tableware | 16 |
| Made of wood, as kitchenware | 28 |
| Made entirely of wood | 21 |
| Shipbuilding dowel | 18 |
| Shipbuilder's pin | 21 |
| Ship's timber fastener | 26 |
| Ship timber peg | 15 |
| ___ knowledge (Eden landmark) | 29 |
| ___ knowledge | 13 |
| Cartier's Christmas creation? | 33 |
| Garden of Eden feature | 22 |
| Its fruit was forbidden | 23 |
| Forbidden Fruit bearer | 22 |
| Provider in Garden of Eden | 26 |