| SUMMA | ____ arboris: the top of the tree |
| SUCCESSFUL | At the top of the tree? (10) |
| PLUM | For '15', the top of the tree |
| STAR | What you put on top of the tree (4) |
| CANOPY | Part on the parachute; or, Top of the trees |
| UTOPIAST | More work on society getting to top of the tree? Could be me |
| ANGEL | Glean nuts one's seen on top of the tree at Christmas (5) |
| RAMOSUS | A Roman custom in the Latin country? arboris stipes covered with branches. |
| OLIVAE | Arbores quarum frondes in coronas victorum serebantur; vel bacae eius arboris |
| BACA | Fruticis vel arboris fructus – praesertim olea |
| RAMUS | Pars arboris, quam partim videramus |
| NYMPHS | Mythical nature deities such as the anthousai of the flowers, dryads of the trees, oreads of the mountains or nereids of the sea (6) |
| ACORN | Depicted on the logo of the National Trust, the fruit or seed of the tree with the Latin name Quercus (5) |
| EVIL | "But of the tree of the knowledge of good and ___..." (Gen |
| EDEN | Home of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil |
| HAWS | From the Old English meaning "hedge", fruits of the tree Crataegus that form part of the countryside's seasonal bounty with brambles, rosehips, elderberries and sloes (4) |
| STUMP | What's left of the fallen wicked you'll hear is all that may be left of the Tree of Knowledge! (5) |
| TUBSHEVAT | 'The Holiday of The Trees' celebrated on the 15th day of the fifth Israeli civil year (Hebrew) (2,1'6) |
| OFGOODANDEVIL | "But of the tree of the knowledge ___" (Gen 2:17) |
| NEEDLESS | Unnecessary parts of the tree at the end of Christmas (8) |