Answer:

sticks

Answer	Crossword Clue
STICKS	Boondocks
STICKS	Remote area, with "the"
STICKS	Pick-up ..: toy

STICKS	Hinterlands
STICKS	Stones' companions
STICKS	Fish servings
STICKS	Jabs
STICKS	Won't open
STICKS	Hinterland.
STICKS	Rural districts: Colloq.
STICKS	Remains firm.

STICKS	"Five, six, pick up ...."
STICKS	Holds fast.
STICKS	Backwoods.
STICKS	Attaches, as a stamp
STICKS	Backwater, with "the"
STICKS	Boonies
STICKS	Adheres
STICKS	Clings

STICKS	Butter units
STICKS	"... and stones may ..."
STICKS	Dowsing rods, essentially
STICKS	Impales
STICKS	Kindling

Crossword

a puzzle consisting of a grid of squares and blanks into which words crossing vertically and horizontally are written according to clues.