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Independent 6612 solution

So, not very Christmassy – but you could at least claim that any tree on or around Christmas is a Christmas tree – can’t you?  It did lead to some unfamiliar words for a daily puzzle (but it was a holiday), and I could even have squeezed another tree in (RATTAN and AWAY instead of ROTHKO and ANKH).  I suspect I had started out with the aim of one tree per row, and was simply more successful than I anticipated.

6612sol

ACROSS

7          PODIUM; iPod (rev.) + um

8          CHESTNUT; chest nut

9          PINASTER; anag.

10        CHERRY; Ch err y

11        BAOBAB; a in bob AB

13        SYCAMORE; anag.

15        USER; hidden

16        LEMON; m in Noel (rev.)

17        ALOE; alo(n)e

18        SERVICES;

20        CREASE; re in case

21        GINKGO; gin K go

23        RAMBUTAN; ram but an

25        HUON PINE; no (rev.) pin in hue

26        ROTHKO; anag. – C

DOWN

1          HOPI; op in hi!

2          MICAWBER; mica + anag.

3          AMETABOLIC; anag.

4          MERC; hidden

5          STREAM; st ream

6          GUARD-ROOMS; ar + anag. in gums

8          CHRISTMAS-TREE; anag.

12        ABSTEMIOUS; a + anag.

14        CINE-CAMERA; n + CE (rev.) in anag.

17        ADEQUATE; ad equate

19        VIKING; v I King

22        OVID; v I in do (rev.)

24        ANKH; an + HK (rev.)
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