| TWIGLETS | Very small branches of trees; or, knobbly snacks resembling thus with a Marmite-like taste |
| KNUCKLE | A word for the rounded or knobbly part of a knee or elbow originally, later for a joint of a finger (7) |
| BOVRIL | Marmite-like spread (6) |
| STILT | Either of a pair of heightincreasing poles worn by clowns or hop-pickers; or, a wading bird with long slender legs resembling thus (5) |
| CARPET | Word originally for a tablecloth or bedcover that came to mean a woven floor covering or a layer of flowers or snow resembling thus (6) |
| SPRAYS | Small bouquets, boutonnieres, corsages or nosegays of flowers and foliage; ornamental brooches resembling thus; or, clouds of flying droplets of scent or water (6) |
| FOXTAIL | The brush of a reynard, tod or vixen; or, a pasture grass with flower spikes resembling thus (7) |
| ROOKERY | A group of the corvids known collectively as a storytelling, nesting high in a clump of trees; or, a colony of seabirds or marine mammals such as penguins, seals or turtles (7) |
| TRUFFLES | Fungi considered a delicacy, often found with the help of dogs or pigs; or, cocoa-dusted chocolate ganache confections resembling thus (8) |
| CANOPY | The uppermost branches of trees in a forest, forming a continuous layer of foliage (6) |
| TREFOIL | Three-leaved clover, black medick or a plant in the Lotus genus such as bacon-and-eggs; or, an ornament resembling thus in heraldry or Gothic tracery (7) |
| WOOD | Sylvan glade smaller than a forest with a collection of trees; or, a material used for parquetry, treenware or xylographs by Lucas Cranach the Elder, for example (4) |
| ALDER | Any of a small group of trees or shrubs of the birch family |
| SCREEN | Movable partition for dividing a room or creating privacy; sheltering row of trees; or, a sieve or riddle (6) |
| RATTLES | Chatterers; crackling noises of paper; dice-boxes; maracas, shakers or toys resembling thus; or, watchmens' instruments formerly used to produce whirring sounds (7) |
| TWIGLOO | A temporary shelter made from the branches of trees etc. (7) |
| PALETTEKNIFE | Sounds like taste of wine can be shape or can strip paint (7,5) |
| MEDJOOL | ___ date, soft fruit originally from Morocco with a velvety skin and rich, caramel-like taste (7) |
| TAU | 19th Greek letter; or, a Saint Anthony's cross resembling thus (3) |
| NESTS | Flying squirrels build ___ in holes and crevices of trees or in the forks of branches. They glide on the air from tree to tree or from trees to the ground by spreading out the muscle membrane between |
