| WILKESBORO | -- and North --, two small towns in North Carolina (10) |
| SHTETLS | Historically, small towns in Eastern Europe with a Jewish population (7) |
| ELON | College town in North Carolina |
| ORRUM | Tiny town in North Carolina |
| WELLS | Small town in north-east England (pop about 8,000) (5) |
| ALEXANDRA | Small town in north-east Victoria (pop about 6,000) (9) |
| REEDER | Small town in North Dakota that gave its name to a strain of wheat |
| IMMACULATE | Spanish religious public holiday celebrated on December 8th, there are churches dedicated to this in various towns in Mallorca including Palma, Caimari, and Biniaraix (10,10) |
| CONCEPTION | Spanish religious public holiday celebrated on December 8th, there are churches dedicated to this in various towns in Mallorca including Palma, Caimari, and Biniaraix (10,10) |
| WATERTOWER | High point in many small towns |
| GRANDFORKS | City on the banks of the Red River of the North (2 wds.) |
| GREENSBORO | City in North Carolina associated with the textile and tobacco industries (10) |
| WILMINGTON | Carpet dynasty included in port in North Carolina (10) |
| WAKEFOREST | University in North Carolina (2 wds.) |
| BULLDURHAM | 1988 baseball movie set in North Carolina (2 wds.) |
| CINQUEPORT | One of an association of coastal towns in southeast England which formerly provided ships for the king's service (6,4) |
| FILMINGLOCALES | Toronto and Vancouver are two in Canada aka 'hollywood north': 2 wds. |
| WALMART | Big presence in many small towns |
| MAINDRAGS | Big streets in small towns: 2 wds. |
| BURGLES | Steals from the French in small towns (7) |
