| KAOLIN | China's raw material kept Lao culture in the family (6) |
| STOCK | Total goods of raw material kept on the premises of a shop (5) |
| ALPINE | Nepali culture in the mountains (6) |
| THATCH | Roofing material kept in booth at church (6) |
| VELCRO | Fastening material kept by level crossing (6) |
| RAHEEM | Character in the 1989 Spike Lee film 00 the Right Thing, played by Bill Nunn, whose boombox is displayed in the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC (5 |
| MANTUA | Small city in northern Italy (pop about 50,000), designated the Italian City of Culture in 2017 (6) |
| WEIMAR | German city that was the European Capital of Culture in 1999 (6) |
| UNESCO | People with a measure of education, science and culture in fluid ounces (6) |
| SPARTA | No place for hedonists seeking culture in Bath (6) |
| KRAKOW | European Capital of Culture in 2000 (6) |
| AARHUS | Denmark's second largest city, European Capital of Culture in 2017, along with Paphos in Cyprus |
| MEMOIR | "Hillbilly Elegy: A ___ of a Family and Culture in Crisis": 2016 book by J.D. Vance |
| CLOVIS | Prehistoric hunter-gatherer culture in Canada |
| NONAME | Club founded to provide alternative to pub culture in Ireland (2,4) |
| ADZE | Hand tool for shaping wood. One of the earliest tools, it was widely distributed in Stone Age cultures in the form of a handheld stone chipped to form a blade. (4) |
| PARISISBURNING | Hit documentary showcasing ballroom culture in the 1980s |
| LIMERICK | 2014 City of Culture in the Republic of Ireland (8) |
| POSE | US drama series that was set around New York City's drag ball culture in the 19805 and 19905 (4) |
| PETRIDISH | Receptacle for producing cultures in the laboratory (5,4) |