Shade sources

The answer

ELMS

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ELMS answer page.

Used 21 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• ELMTREES (2 uses in xd)
• PARASOLS (1 uses in xd)
• TREES (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ELMS

Every other clue in this collection answered by ELMS, most used first.

• Shade trees - used 266 times, most recently in 2026
• Stately trees - used 101 times, most recently in 2026
• "Desire Under the ___" - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
• Avenue liners - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Trees. - used 39 times, most recently in 1996
• National Mall trees - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Shade providers - used 35 times, most recently in 2023
• "Slippery" trees - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• Stately shade trees - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Tall shade trees - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Shady trees - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Stately shaders - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
• Classic street liners - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Shady bunch - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• Trees in an O'Neill title - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• Hardwood trees - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Street shaders - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• O'Neill's "Desire Under the ___" - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Colonnade trees - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Shady group? - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Some shade trees - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Street-lining trees - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Boulevard liners - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• "Desire Under the ___" (Eugene O'Neill play) - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• End of an O'Neill title - used 8 times, most recently in 2002
• Shady giants - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Some are slippery - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Sources of shade - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Hardwood sources - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Majestic trees - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• O'Neill title trees - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• O'Neill trees - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Some street liners - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Spreading trees - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Street liners - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Trees with split-resistant wood - used 6 times, most recently in 2021

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Shade - TINT, used 102 times
• Shade of green - NILE, used 90 times
• Neutral shade - ECRU, used 78 times
• Metal sources - ORES, used 70 times
• 24-hr. cash sources - ATMS, used 55 times
• Shade of blue - TEAL, used 54 times

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