| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| ROOTY | Like soil around a tree |
| ROOTY | Like ground around a tree |
| ROOTY | Like soil around trees |
| mulches | A material (such as decaying leaves, bark, or compost) spread around or over a plant to enrich or insulate the soil |
| SHOE | Something found around a tree |
| SHOE | It may be around a tree |
| MOSS | Green growth around a tree trunk |
| SASHAY | Walk ostentatiously, for instance, around a tree (6) |
| gyrate | winding or coiled around convoluted gyrate branches of a tree |
| girdling | Cut through the bark all the way around (a tree or branch), typically in order to kill it or to kill a branch to make the tree more fruitful |
