| AXIAL | Around a central point (5) |
| PIVOT | Turn around a central point |
| NAVEL | The French van passed over a central point (5) |
| FOCAL | Relating to a central point (5) |
| HINGE | A central point on which everything depends on |
| NODAL | Of a central point |
| RADII | Projections from a central point |
| NIDUS | A central point or locus of an infection in an organism. |
| VILLAGE | Historically known as a thorp, a settlement bigger than a hamlet but smaller than a town, often based around a central green and a pub (7) |
| HAMLET | Settlement smaller than a village, often consisting of a cluster of rural cottages around a central farm (6) |
| THEMED | Organised around a central idea |
| RIAD | Traditional Moroccan house built around a central courtyard or garden (4) |
| CYCLES | Sequences of poems, stories, matters, operas or mystery plays composed around a central theme (6) |
| KHAN | Type of Middle Eastern caravanserai or inn for travellers, built around a central courtyard (4) |
| ROUNDABOUT | Traffic circulates around a central island in what type of road junction? (10) |
| DISPEL | Get rid of a spindle, perhaps, that hasn't a central point |
| RADIALLY | In a way that spreads out from a central point |
| RAYS | From Latin for "spokes", a word for arms of starfish, beams of light, petals of daisies or other things diverging from a central point (4) |
| PIVOTED | Turned on a central point |
| RADIAL | Emanating from a central point (6) |
