| BELAIR | Residential community in the hills of the Westside of Los Angeles, California |
| PRETORIA | South Africa's administrative capital, surrounded by the hills of the Magaliesberg range (8) |
| SANPEDRO | Seaport area of Los Angeles, California, linked to Terminal Island by the Vincent Thomas Bridge |
| PARTHENON | A temple on the hill of the Acropolis in Athens (9) |
| BEL | _ -Air, residential neighbourhood on the Westside of Los Angeles (3) |
| HOLLYWOOD | Word whose huge letters comprise a famous sign in the hills of Los Angeles; its 7th and 8th letters, as well as three of the same letter temporarily added above it, were painted the colors of the Olym |
| FELL | --- pony, British breed of large and heavy pony found in the hills of North England (4) |
| ATLAS | A season up in the hills of Africa (5) |
| TORMENTOR | One persecuting people in the hills of Devon |
| QUIRINAL | One of the hills of Rome, also the name of the presidential palace (8) |
| SPILLIMACHEEN | River sharing the name of a community in the Columbia Valley in british Columbia |
| UCLA | University in Los Angeles, California founded in 1919 (inits) (4) |
| SKIDROW | Area of Downtown Los Angeles, California, US, containing a large population of homeless people (4,3) |
| TACTIC | Scheme set-up for most of those in Los Angeles, California starting therapy (6) |
| MARIA | "From the Westside like ___" (Doja Cat lyric that references a Broadway musical) |
| MUFTI | Leader of the religious community in the former Ottoman empire (5) |
| CHEVERIE | Minas Basin community in the Bay of Fundy area of Nova Scotia |
| DOM | "From the Westside With Love" rapper ___ Kennedy |
| LARDYCAKE | Something Hollywood might produce in Los Angeles, California filling principally religious channel (5,4) |
| BEVERLY | Residential city adjoining Los Angeles, California (7,5) |
