| MASSAGEPARLOUR | Where the rubber trade's plied, or a maple sugar's refined (7,7) |
| SHEFFIELDPLATE | Metalware the woman very loudly plied, working behind schedule (9,5) |
| CONTACTPATCH | Tire term, where the rubber meets the road (7,5) |
| ACIDTEST | Where the rubber meets the road, so to speak |
| ERASERSEDGE | Where the rubber meets the paper? |
| OUTSOLE | Where the rubber meets the track? |
| TREAD | Where the rubber meets the road |
| TIRE | Where the rubber meets the road |
| TREADS | Where the rubber meets the road |
| SOLE | Where the rubber meets the road? |
| TIRES | Where the rubber meets the road |
| SAP | Maple sugar fluid |
| WARDALLEN | Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame fiddle player (b.1924 - d.1965) who composed "Maple Sugar": 2 wds. |
| ONTARIO | The most-populous of the 10 provinces of a country with a maple leaf as its main national symbol (7) |
| LEAF | Part of the foliage of a maple, a fir, etc. |
| GUINNESSWORLDRECORD | Canada holds the ___ ___ ___ for the 'Largest Human Image of a Maple Leaf' which was set in 2019 in Quinte West, Ontario |
| PISTOL | Plied with a lot, to drink, gives back the gun (6) |
| TWINE | Twisted/plied string or cord, often used to bind bales of hay or straw (5) |
| OAKSLEAF | A maple's leaf is a symbol of Canada; an ...' . ... (with three acorns) is a US military decoration (3'1,4) |
| ARECA | A maple to climb? It's a palm tree! |
