| DORP | A small town |
| STEEL | ___ Magnolias 1989 Julia Roberts film about a group of women in a small town starring a female ensemble cast |
| RESIDENTALIEN | Syfy dramedy about a small-town doctor with a secret that stars Alan Tudyk: 2 wds. |
| MALGUDI | Dug up within a country - tale of a small town... (7) |
| ROME | It grew from a small town on the Tiber River in central Italy into a vast empire. It is today Italy's capital. In Hamlet (act 2, scene 2), Hamlet says, "My lord, I have news to tell you. When Roscius |
| MURDERSANATOMY | Film about a crime in a small town, abridged? |
| ONEHORSE | Like a small town with a solitary nag (3-5) |
| ASHBURTON | Town in the Canterbury region; also a small town on the edge of Dartmoor, Devon (9) |
| ACCESS | Weak but interesting '93 indie about a cable-TV host in a small town, Public ______. |
| LOCALANGLE | What a small-town paper might look for in a national story |
| STUMBLES | '79 drama w/ Dick Van Dyke as a priest (!) in a small town, The Runner ________. |
| MAIN | 2000 David Mamet film about a movie crew in a small town, State and ____. |
| POWDER | 1WT: '95 drama fantasy about a bald albino boy in a small town. |
| THOMAS | Will Rogers was at his best as a small-town fellow who had to deal with a variety of eccentric and pompous characters in Doubting ... |
| SLEEPY | Relating to "somnus", a word for drowsy or somnolent; inducing slumber; non-buzzing, quiet or sequestered, as in a little town/village; or, overripe and unjuicy, as in a pear (6) |
| IDEAL | Perfect island with a small town (5) |
| UPTOWN | Where to shop in a small town |
| GRUB | Rise of a small town |
| WEEKLY | like many a small-town paper |
| DOT | Map symbol for a small town |