Can You See The Wood For The Trees

[kaccey]

Doing okay on this puzzle but am completely stuck on this one.

Woodland boundary of capital besieged by the enemy (10)

and this one, I have an answer for but cant fit it to the clue

Many a shipwreck provided thin, wooden strips for making boxes (5)

[ubasses]

spars - double definition - thin wooden strips and boxes (as in the sport)

[geevo41]

TIME BERLIN E

[geevo41]

oops TIM berlin E

[kaccey]

Thought of Timberline but the only entry I can find shows it as 2 words

[mallyh]

what is the theme ?

[dannyk13]

Here:-
https://www.yourdictionary.com/timberline#websters

[JJ109]

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/timberline

[kaccey]

Thank you, I have now found timberline and agree, now I can concentrate on the rest

[NeilR]

I haven’t got a better answer but I’m far from convinced about 16 Spars. Spars are large pieces of wood -planks, masts etc, not thin wooden strips.

[JJ109]

I think the second one is CHIPS
I agree that spars are not thin strips of wood!
Therefore
C(100/many) + anagram/wreck of "Ship" = chips
Definition number 9 of "chip"
a thin strip of wood or straw used for making woven hats, baskets, etc

[Dannyboy59]

I can't find that definition, but it certainly fits!

[NeilR]

Excellent JJ109, I think you’re right. I’m still struggling on three others:
22 Slope obscured the small trees (5)
28 Overcomes in debate, but there are strings attached (7)
And
89 Throw away high money on a horse. It helps to get a good tanning! (8, 3).

For 17 Recent pique affected the man in a dream (5, 6) I have Adam’s Needle but I’m not happy with it - can’t see what “recent” has to do with it.
Any ideas please?

[FoxLee2]

17. This involves an anagram and the dream refers to a Midsummer Night's Dream

[kaccey]

17 is an anagram of recent liquid
22 is also an anagram
89 3 letter word for throw high plus a word for money plus a horse
Answer for 28 is given on another thread

[NeilR]

Thank you so much Foxlee2 and Kaccey. Re 22, I thought the answer should be copse but the trigger word is slope not scope.

[kaccey]

Yes, anagram of slope

[Captain2]

Well I'm struggling with an anagram of 'slope' (not doing the quiz by the way).

[Captain2]

... unless 'poles' is meant to be 'small trees'

[elliemay1]

Defn 3 : Pole | Definition of Pole by Merriam-Websterwww.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › pole
c : a long staff of wood, metal, or fiberglass used in the pole vault. 2 : a varying unit of length especially : one equal to a rod (16¹/₂ feet or about 5 meters) 3 : a tree with a breast-high diameter of from 4 to 12 inches (10 to 30 centimeters)

[Captain2]

Thanks for that Elliemay - bit too tenuous to me though. :)))