Shade tree Crossword Clue

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OAK

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SYCAMORE

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Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. hard tough wood of an elm tree; used for e.g. implements and furniture
2. any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

TREE (verb)
1. stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree
2. force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape
TREE (noun)
1. English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917)
2. a figure that branches from a single root
SHADE (noun)
1. a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
2. a protective ornamental covering for a lamp, used to screen a light bulb from direct view
SHADE (verb)
1. represent the effect of shade or shadow on
2. cast a shadow over

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

OAK
(3 letters)
SYCAMORE
(8 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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More Premier Sunday Crossword (5/17/2026) Answers

Across

1. Overran

9. Story of woe

16. Domino spots

20. Aircraft designed to land on water

21. Ohio town or college

22. Revise

23. Spice hidden in a person’s shirt?

25. Russo of Get Shorty

26. Trusty horses

27. — -mo replay

28. Outmoded TV adjunct

29. Political analyst Jen

30. Autograph: Abbr

31. Blue Stater, for short

32. “Me and Bobby McGee” singer named after a spice?

35. You can’t make a silk purse out of it, they say

38. Half of dos

39. Early spring flowers

40. “I can’t lower the price of this spice for you anymore"?

46. Play callers?

47. Pavlov and Lendl

48. 'Stretch' car

49. Sir, in Seville

53. Plentiful supplies, as of information

55. Not at all stiff

57. Simian beast

58. Ghana's capital

62. Spice producing a blissful feeling?

66. Novelist -- May Alcott

68. Hi- — graphics

69. Pass along, as wisdom

70. Spice sprinkled on ancient scrolls?

77. Map Book

78. Suffix with peer

79. -- rock (genre for Yes)

80. Paring

82. Longtime NBAer Curry

85. 'Not likely!'

87. Origami bird

88. Sunbathes

92. Spice not tightly packed into a space?

96. Salon scissors

99. Ballot marks

100. Barely gets, as a win

101. Declaration when a spice is about to be added?

105. Bus. bigwig

107. VW Golf hatchback

108. Church cries

109. Rapper -- Wayne

110. Big fuss

111. Dwells

114. Narrow road

115. Stew of corn and beans featuring a spice?

119. Finishes

120. Dadaism, pejoratively

121. #1 hit for Bill Withers

122. Take a break

123. Bashful quality

124. Really hated

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Down

1. Dogmas

2. Not cluttered

3. Digital switching of two people’s visages

4. Olympic fencers

5. Mudlike mixtures

6. Hits lightly

7. Rocker Brian

8. Not sparse

9. Middling

10. Sit-ups tone them

11. Singer Lana — Rey

12. Rome’s -- Fountain

13. Smart -- (wiseacres)

14. Book, in Paris

15. Indy-to-Cleveland dir.

16. Sweat

17. Standards of excellence

18. Small finger

19. Beer mugs

29. Sweat outlets

31. Floor cleaner not used for liquid spills, for short

32. Landers giving advice

33. Caroling song

34. Brand of peanut butter

35. Disco guy on "The Simpsons"

36. Unit of resistance

37. French female friend

38. Dull-edged, say

41. "Deck the Halls" syllables

42. —'acte

43. Easter flower

44. Fail to put in

45. Anxiety over not being included, for short

50. Part of USNA

51. Verdi work

52. Sublets, e.g.

53. Clean with liquid

54. Clean with a broom

56. Lead-in to chi

58. Swiss peaks, to the French

59. Beach locale

60. Put a hex on

61. Ocasek of The Cars

63. Phases

64. Online ’zine

65. Inclined (to)

67. Band blaster

71. Times of note

72. Part of ENT

73. 9-to-5er’s cry of relief

74. "Frasier" actress Gilpin

75. Zest

76. Good throw in horseshoes

81. Nape area

83. Least decorated

84. Drivers’ alerts

86. “The Complete Book of Running” author James

88. Brand of tortilla chips

89. Like interaction-eschewing behavior

90. Opposite of old, in German

91. Concorde, e.g., for short

93. Columbus coll.

94. -- Offensive (1968 attack)

95. Tibia, for one

96. One climbing a peak, e.g.

97. Having compassion

98. Revises

102. City near Dallas

103. Peachy keen!

104. Like pixies

105. ENTs, e.g.

106. “Bugsy” actor Elliott

110. Social insects

111. Curious as --

112. Bianco of “Game of Thrones”

113. Cast off skin

115. Body pouch

116. Actress Issa

117. Surgery sites in hosps.

118. Middling grade

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