| MARMALADESKIES | Backdrop for tangerine trees, in a Beatles classic |
| USSR | Letters in a Beatles classic |
| ORANGE | Apt county for Tangerine, Florida |
| SKIES | "... tangerine trees and marmalade ___" (Beatles lyric) |
| TANGELO | Hybrid produced by crossing a tangerine tree with a grapefuit tree (7) |
| FOOLONHILL | A Beatles classic-as sung by that other famous swinger? |
| GETBACK | Return to a Beatles classic (3,4) |
| LETITBE | Leave the situation alone, it's a Beatles' classic (3,2,2) |
| BOWER | From the Old English for "dwelling" and the German for "birdcage", a shady spot under trees in a wood or a garden; a picturesque country cottage; or, a lady's private boudoir (5) |
| GROOVE | Group of trees in a ring? On the contrary, a rut |
| SYLVA | No time for vastly different trees in a region |
| LORAX | Character who speaks for the trees in a kids' book |
| CANOPY | Overhead umbrella-like fabric part of a parachute; or, the uppermost branches and foliage of the trees in a forest (6) |
| MYOPIA | It's "Can't see the wood for the trees", in a word (6) |
| SILVA | From the Latin meaning "wood", the assemblage of trees in a given area; or, the truncated title of John Evelyn's forestry discourse presented to the Royal Society in 1662 (5) |
| SWAYING | Like palm trees in a storm |
| PINES | Trees in a Respighi piece |
| FELLASLEEP | Chop down trees in a dream? |
| STAND | Trees in a group |
| SLOPPINESS | Cut trees in a couple of seconds, showing lack of care |
