| TIDALBASIN | National Cherry Blossom Festival focal point |
| APRIL | National Cherry Blossom Festival time |
| MACON | Georgia city with an annual Cherry Blossom Festival |
| HASTINGS | New Zealand North Island city known for a blossom festival |
| SPR | Time of yr. to view cherry blossom trees |
| KAT | Kit ___ (candy offered in soy sauce and cherry blossom flavors) |
| PINK | Cherry blossom color |
| SCHWYZ | Swiss town in a canton of the same name famous for Victorinox Swiss army knives and cherry blossom ( |
| KIMONO | Meaning "the thing to wear", Japanese robe traditionally decorated with motifs inspired by the natural world such as cherry blossom, birds, Chrysanthemums and butterflies (6) |
| JEFFERSONMEMORIAL | Facebook Status: "History abounds! Neo-Classical architecture surrounded by gorgeous cherry blossom trees. Next stop ... the White House!" |
| PRUNUS | From the Latin for "plum tree", a genus of arbors grown for almond or cherry blossom in the spring or for fruits including the aforesaid or apricots, peaches or nectarines (6) |
| JAPAN | Asian land noted for its azaleas, chrysanthemums and cherry blossom (5) |
| EPHEMERAL | Word, from the Greek for "lasting only a day", for something fugacious, momentary, short-lived or transient, such as a bubble, cherry blossom, fashion or sunset, or, most notably, the green-drake whic |
| MONONOAWARE | Feeling evoked by cherry blossoms |
| SPRINGTIME | When cherry blossoms bloom |
| YEN | Coin with cherry blossoms on its front |
| COUNTBASIE | American jazz pianist and bandleader whose bands included his Cherry Blossoms and his Barons of Rhythm |
| MAYQUEEN | Miss the focal point of a spring festival? |
| QUAD | College focal point |
| CRACKERBARREL | Country store focal point, supposedly |
