| WOOED | Pursued east through the trees |
| WIND | Psithurism, n. "The sound of ___ rustling through the trees" |
| TIGER | Largest member of the cat family (Felidae). It is endangered throughout its range, which stretches from the Russian Far East through parts of North Korea, China, India, and Southeast Asia to Sumatra. |
| CELEBRATES | Observes the day by stringing a cable through the trees |
| PSALM | The air and the sun coming through the tree (5) |
| SAP | It runs through the trees |
| CROSSCOUNTRYSKI | Swoosh through the trees |
| GROVE | Seen driving Rover through the trees (5) |
| PATH | Way through the trees |
| STEER | How to find your way through the trees (5) |
| TIGRIS | River in South West Asia, rising in East Turkey and flowing south-east through Iraq (6) |
| RODEO | Cowboy's competition came from the east through a swinging door (5) |
| REACH | Get to the East through 23 of a sort (5) |
| ARBOROUS | Golden snake's first off, turning with us through the trees (8) |
| TERSE | Through the tree, flickering sun comes, in short (5) |
| CHURCHILL | River in central Canada that rises in Saskatchewan and flows east through several lakes to Hudson Bay |
| PEEKING | Go east through Chinese capital formerly - look where you're going (7) |
| INTHENEWS | Isn't, when travelling east, through making headlines (2,3,4) |
| OAKS | The ___, annual 27 down race through the trees? (5) |
| IVY | "The holly and the ___, When they are both full grown, Of all the trees that are in the wood, The holly bears the crown (3) |