TREE POTPOURRI
'This 1987 U2 album contained 2 No. 1 hits: "With or Without You" & "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"' [2003-05-30]
"The Joshua Tree"
'Directional term meaning along the flight line away from a missile launching site' [2010-12-15]
downrange
'An animal like a lizard or a lion with 4 limbs for walking' [2006-04-24]
a quadruped
'Bellow's favorite of his own novels, "Henderson the Rain King", tells of an American's adventures on this continent' [1999-05-11]
Africa
'A synonym for evil' [2003-04-11]
vile (evil)
'This Aussie song mentions "a jolly swagman" "under the shade of a coolibah tree"' [2006-07-26]
"Waltzing Matilda"
'An alcoholic may be this 11-letter type of drunkard with an irresistible thirst for booze' [2007-10-03]
dipsomaniac
'The famous Dionnes of Ontario, Canada, for example' [2006-04-24]
quintuplets
'"A dead-broke Russian student sews a loop in his coat from which he hands an axe" early in this 1866 work' [1999-05-11]
"Crime and Punishment"
'About 8 hours elapse during the night while you're this' [1991-12-20]
asleep (for elapse)
'Dendrochronologists study the climate of the past mainly by examining these in trees' [2006-07-26]
trunk rings
'It's the alliterative salutation that traditionally begins each entry of a girl's daily journal' [2007-10-03]
Dear Diary
'A single-rail train line' [2006-04-24]
a monorail
'Mr. Bellow calls this "Pip" of a Dickens novel "The story of a mild young man on the make"' [1999-05-11]
"Great Expectations"
'The name of this Canadian province is an anagram of "main boat"' [1996-04-12]
Manitoba
'In Greek mythology, she was transformed into a laurel tree by her father to protect her from Apollo's advances' [2003-05-30]
Daphne
'"Arid" sheets of plasterboard used in home construction' [2010-12-15]
drywall
'A celebration to mark at 10-decade anniversary' [2006-04-24]
a centennial
'"An unimaginative sea captain sees his ship through a deadly storm" in this Joseph Conrad work with a stormy title' [1999-05-11]
"Typhoon"
'You may eat this candied tuber at Thanksgiving' [2000-02-07]
yam (may)
'From his birthplace, Elvis may have known that Nyssa is the botanical name for this tree' [2006-07-26]
the tupelo
'Snow White's only beardless dwarf' [2006-06-20]
Dopey
'The multi-legged stand that supports your surveying equipment' [2006-04-24]
a tripod
'"A man tells the truth about himself, to himself" in Tolstoy's "The Death of" this man' [1999-05-11]
Ivan Ilyich
'You'll find 2 of them in the word "wolves"' [2002-11-12]
vowels/wolves