(ROBIN WALL) KIMMERER, BRAIDING SWEETGRASS--If a fountain could jet bouquets of chrome yellow in dazzling arches of chrysanthemum fireworks, that would be Canada Goldenrod. Each three-foot stem is a geyser of... gold daisies, ladylike in miniature, exuberant en masse.
A. | Report of an explosive event? | KABOOM |
B. | Rabble-rouser, provocateur | INCENDIARY |
C. | Calendered fabric with a wavy luster | MOIRE |
D. | Outdoor retailer whose motto is "Love the Madness" | MOOSEJAW |
E. | Place of eternal spring, to Virgil | ELYSIUM |
F. | Food source for urban locavores (2 wds.) | ROOFGARDEN |
G. | Panache, sparkle, brio, flair | ECLAT |
H. | Edible part of turmeric or ginger, in botany | RHIZOME |
I. | Get more vibrant or luminous | BRIGHTEN |
J. | Splashy display, as of color | RIOT |
K. | Perennial also called bear's breeches | ACANTHUS |
L. | Pioneering format used for the 1970 film "Tiger Child" | IMAX |
M. | First-rate, marvelous, splendid | DANDY |
N. | Defying description | INEFFABLE |
O. | Props for novice swimmers | NOODLES |
P. | Conspirator who tried to blow up Parliament in 1605 (2 wds.) | GUYFAWKES |
Q. | Dispense by squeezing, as from a mustard bottle | SQUIRT |
R. | Tree supplying branches for dowsers (2 wds.) | WITCHHAZEL |
S. | Talk excitedly, gush with praise | EFFUSE |
T. | Epoch when roses first arose | EOCENE |
U. | Plant in the tongue twister "Theophilus, the successful ___ sifter" | THISTLE |
V. | Flowery accessory | GARLAND |
W. | Oglala Sioux leader in the 1800s (2 wds.) | REDCLOUD |
X. | Up in the air, high in the sky | ALOFT |
Y. | Protection from some radiation | SUNSHADE |
Z. | Get underway; put on display (2 wds.) | SETOUT |