Stuck on the Tree alternative crossword clue from NYT Crossword published on September 6 2020? We’re here to help you solve it.
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The Verified Answer for Tree alternative is:
- INTERCONTINENTAL
Useful hints for “Tree alternative” Crossword Clue
Hint 1: Clue Explanation
▼“Tree alternative.” How many letters? Yikes. HYDRANGEA PANICULATA, maybe? I may have to release Caitlin Lovinger, your usual Wordplay weekend columnist, from my trunk, if only to summon her vast botanical wisdom. Bwah, ha, ha, ha! But seriously, this is the clue that eventually revealed the theme to me, when, after exhausting various kinds of shrubberies, fences and bamboos, I resorted to solving via the crosses, and gradually the word took shape: INTERCONTINENTAL. When is an INTERCONTINENTAL a tree alternative? When that tree is a Doubletree! The “double” remains invisible, which is what you might expect from a constructor with his illusionist credentials.