Jordan’s Firewood and Lumber (a private puzzle requiring ‘inside’ insight)

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Across
  1. 3. Wood rack - think 3-string guitar
  2. 4. Connecticut wood source (feminine gender)
  3. 7. Mika’s lament
  4. 9. A basket of wood, but empty...You may be in-cline-d to ask Julie.... Remember, your cash prize is ‘on the line’ here! (2-words)
  5. 11. Forest floor detritus - through Eric’s eyes
  6. 12. What Eli does as the tree falls - less than 48 down. Hurry Eli!! Note - this is a 2-word answer
  7. 13. Watch out for this when splitting
  8. 16. Would you rather go sport fishing - or cut trees?
  9. 17. Scrooge of the logging world - think Dickens tale
  10. 20. Best wood for neighbor
  11. 21. Transport worry, but of less concern after father/son repair
  12. 23. Popular niche item at the stand
  13. 24. Rhyming S. A. danger -it lurks in the forest, or perhaps in the meadows, or possibly at the edge of the st.
  14. 25. Early woodcutting alternative
  15. 30. Best chain is this
  16. 31. Don’t tell anyone where you got it! Thanks Kelleys!
  17. 32. Don’t dare try to get any of these with no strings attached! Think literal
  18. 34. Firewood seller’s catch-all misnomer
  19. 35. We can’t be held responsible for these!
  20. 38. Jersey request - these sticks! Think PT Barnum
  21. 39. At beginning or end it means the same - think signage
  22. 40. Most beautiful male tree part - more than 53 down
  23. 42. All the rage! Trendy! Julie has some and so do we
  24. 43. Always nice to see one of these folks
  25. 45. Carl did it free
  26. 46. Possibly kindling - with a canine twist
  27. 47. Jack Daniels maker’s favorite - at least I think so...
  28. 49. At Jordan’s - Buy two, get_____free Think Mom/Gma ‘Better in.......’
  29. 50. Hey Mika - What kind of wood is this?
  30. 52. Jenny’s Iowan misunderstanding of old - species?
  31. 54. Best deal at the stand
  32. 56. I can’t believe they bought it! A wheelbarrow full of 31 across
  33. 60. Chain saw foe
  34. 61. ‘Average’ furnace
  35. 62. You’ll find none of that in our woods!
  36. 63. Why bother cutting wood at all when you have this
  37. 65. Solomon threatened it once (but didn’t follow through), we do regularly!
  38. 66. Tyler’s lumber type
  39. 67. Oh no! Not more dead/dying _____ (this well-liked species)
Down
  1. 1. Pinus_____; ——-Ergo? Napoleanic palindrome will at least give you a start - do some research! You WILL find some of that in our woods!
  2. 2. Not as soft as it’s name implies! You’ll probably kick yourself when you get this one!
  3. 3. Jordan wood never (well - hardly ever..) does this :-)
  4. 5. Punky and/or half rotten - of family lore status!
  5. 6. Wood heat early morning downside - think 2-word clue part rhyme
  6. 8. Firewood cutter’s friend of sorts - do I sense a somewhat devious double entendre in the offing? sp?
  7. 10. In a sense, this is like music to my ears, but probably just noise to others
  8. 14. Eli’s Truck/lumber numerical crossover term
  9. 15. Concern shared by batter and chain saw operator
  10. 18. Structural Components of an unintended highrise mouse apartment house
  11. 19. What Carl does when Jordans show up - snack anyone?
  12. 22. When we’re done, this appealing critter homesite awaits occupancy
  13. 26. Scribner or Doyle for example - research needed! Rich can no doubt help here!
  14. 27. When on, this possibility really ticks off us woodcutters! Right Julie? This is a 2-worder!
  15. 28. Loggers’ youthful helper
  16. 29. Map it! Joke on ‘new boy’ at forestry school :-)
  17. 33. Protective gear - think British
  18. 36. Lumber piles ______ when Tyler comes
  19. 37. They do most of the work for us
  20. 41. A la ‘Mike Wilkins’
  21. 44. Linda’s obsession
  22. 48. Difficult woodcutters’ digestive ailment - this is a 2-word clue and you better hurry up to figure it out!!
  23. 51. One of our falling shorts: ______ our lumber
  24. 52. See this cut? Eli did it!
  25. 53. There’s gotta be a market for this somewhere???
  26. 55. Woodcutter’s tool, or less than an embarrassing moment
  27. 57. Hey Dad - What kind of wood is that? ‘I don’t remember....‘
  28. 58. Sounds like a dangerous arachnid to me!
  29. 59. Ashwood wet or dry warms his slippers - think poetry EXACTLY as written.... Another 2-worder!
  30. 64. Eli is sometimes one in the woods, but he won’t end up in jail
  31. 66. One per tree - they’ll dot the woods long after we’re gone