Thursday, May 13, 2021 Steve Mossberg
Woodin' you know it that our constructor Steve Mossberg has gifted us today with a small forest of trees bracketing four themers : 18. Words of deferential obedience: A S YOU WI SH . Whatever. The tree in this clue is the ASH , popular for creating the baseball bats known as Louisville Sluggers . Our neighborhood was planted with these beautiful trees along the road when it was founded back in the early 20th century. We had one in our front yard, but sadly they were all felled by a lowly insect called the Emerald Ash Borer . These images don't begin to capture the beauty and grandeur of these trees: 24. Trendy coffee additive: OA T MIL K . The OAK . Another magnificent tree, but hardier than the Ash. There are many varieties of OAK : E.g. WHITE, RED, BLACK, CHESTNUT, and PIN. The tree in the lower left is a WHITE OAK and I'm pretty certain it is the WYE OAK that sto...