| TORVILL | Gold medallist from hamlet or village (7) |
| LAUGHER | Jack -, Commonwealth 1m springboard diving gold medallist from 2014-22 (7) |
| WICK | Dialect for a creek, dairy farm, hamlet or village; or, related to "roll of lint, yarn", a long twist of cotton fibres by which a candle or lamp's flame is fed or fuelled with beeswax, oil or tallow ( |
| THORP | Hamlet or village of yore |
| DORP | Hamlet or village kin |
| BOWLING | Game or village near Dumbarton (7) |
| RUSHDEN | Town in Northamptonshire, or village in Hertfordshire (7) |
| CHEADLE | Town in Staffordshire or village in Greater Manchester (7) |
| AGASAGA | Type of popular novel or drama depicting British middle-class country or village life (3,4) |
| CLACHAN | (Scottish) Hamlet or small village (7) |
| NUNNERY | and 38dn, Instruction from Hamlet to Ophelia in Shakespeare's play |
| PUEBLOS | Towns or villages in Latin America and the south-western US, especially native American settlements (7) |
| STREETS | Public thoroughfare in towns, cities or villages (6) |
| SHEIKHS | Respected elders of Arab families or villages |
| TRAGEDY | E.g. Hamlet or Othello (7) |
| OERTER | Al ?, Olympic discus gold medallist from 1956-68 (6) |
| ALOERTER | Olympic men's discus gold medallist from 1956-68 (2,6) |
| KILDEER | Saskatchewan hamlet, or a migratory bird |
| MASAI | Edith ?, World Cross Country Championships short race gold medallist from 2002-04 (5) |
| IRINA | Ms. Rodnina, Olympic pairs figure skating gold medallist from 1972-80 (5) |
