| COTTONWOOD | North American poplar such as the Eastern ? whose seeds are covered with white hairs (10) |
| DIAMONDBACK | North American rattlesnake such as the Eastern ? or Western ? (11) |
| REDCEDAR | North American tree such as the Eastern -, whose wood is used for making pencils (3,5) |
| SCREECHOWL | Small bird of prey of the Americas such as the Eastern - |
| RABBIT | Common burrowing mammal such as the eastern cottontail of American woodlands (6) |
| REDBUD | Tree with heart-shaped leaves and pinkish-red flowers such as the eastern ? or western ? |
| BLOC | The Warsaw Pact countries were also known as the Eastern ... |
| EDP | Local newspaper that first began as the Eastern Weekly Press in 1867 before being renamed in 1870 (1.1.1.) |
| ASPEN | Colorado resort in the Rocky Mountains with four separate ski areas known collectively as Snowmass; or, a tree known as the trembling poplar (5) |
| CATKIN | From the Dutch meaning "kitten", a word for a fluffy ament of a willow tree or an inflorescence such as a "lamb's-tail" of a hazel or a "devil's finger" of a black poplar (6) |
| ABELE | The white poplar (Populus alba) is also known as this (5) |
| ARETE | Be in the drink and discover the white poplar (5) |
| NONNATUS | ____ House, fictional convent in Poplar where nuns work in the TV series Call the Midwife (8) |
| TYPO | Prints the wrong letter by poplar demand? (4) |
| LOMBARDY | The ... poplar, Populus nigra "Italica", has upwardly pointing branches (8) |
| TACAMAHAC | Another name for the balsam poplar (9) |
| ABELES | The white poplar-trees (6) |
| NIGRA | Populus ___, the black poplar (5) |
| ARBUTUS | Tree partly like the poplar but usually evergreen (7) |
| ASPENS | Name some of the species of poplar (6) |
