| STATEFAIR | Place for a rural family's outing |
| HEDGE | Word linking with "hog" for an insectivorous mammal, "row" for a rural boundary or "sparrow" for the common name of a dunnock (5) |
| VILLAGE | Very bad period of time for a rural community |
| RTE | Postal abbr. for a rural address |
| HAYRIDE | Day hire arranged for a rural excursion |
| SHEPHERDSPIE | Food for a rural worker? (9,3) |
| TILLAGE | Village rhyme for a rural area worked over (7) |
| IDYLL | Perfect time for a rural poem (5) |
| COTERIE | Word for a rural group of peasants first, later an exclusive clique of elites (7) |
| SWAIN | Word first for a boy servant or for a young man attending a knight, later a country youth or peasant; a rural lover; or, a male suitor or admirer (5) |
| URBE | Rus in -, Latin for "country in the city", thus a rural atmosphere created by a garden, green space, park or other rustic feature within a town (4) |
| FAUN | In Roman legend, a rural deity represented as a man with a goat's ears, horns, tail and hind legs (4 |
| MOORE | Sculptor noted for his monumental organically shaped bronzes; or, a conservationist from Tewkesbury who wrote books on a rural theme including the Brensham Trilogy (5) |
| URBAN | From "city", a word for an oppidan area, as opposed to a rural one (5) |
| MODELVILLAGE | A miniature replica of a rural site, usually designed for tourists (5,7) |
| NATURETRAILS | They're set in a rural environment, ultimately for rambling? |
| BUMPKIN | Country ___, derogatory nickname for someone from a rural location (7) |
| COTTAGE | A small, simple house, especially in a rural area (7) |
| ARCADIA | Help a councillor get returned by a rural area (7) |
| SQUIRE | A major landowner in a rural area (6) |
