Possible Clues:

• Seedy desert native dropping New Orleans girl without calling
• Tree with edible seeds containing a valuable oil used in cosmetics
• Southwestern shrub that yields a cosmetic oil
• Two posts, one cut on a tree
• Old position in Java becoming vacant, in oil
• German agreement about old work in oil-producing plant
• Little woman and patient man meeting by a shrub
• A political clown and jester initially slipping over in oil
• North American shrub whose oil is used in cosmetics