| GRETNA | Romantic name for a village Green |
| CRICKET | A game traditionally played in whites with a willow bat on a village green or a ground with a pavilion; an orthopteran somewhat resembling a grasshopper; or, a milking stool (7) |
| FETE | "Feast, festival" that evolved, via Old French, into a traditional British charitable function on a church lawn or a summer gala on a village green (4) |
| UNITED | Love ___ is a romantic name for Hedera helix (6) |
| SERE | Traditional gathering for rural communities, often centred around a village green, cricket pavilion and pub (4) |
| ROUNDHOUSE | Traditional lock-up on or near a village green or marketplace, such as that in Castle Cary with a domed roof said to have inspired the shape of the British police custodian helmet (10) |
| RUBY | Corundum is a much less romantic name for this red precious stone |
| INAMIST | Love ___ is a romantic name for Nigella damascena (2,1,4) |
| TENNER | Note romantic name for diamonds (6) |
| ERIN | Romantic name for Ireland (4) |
| EMERALDISLE | Romantic name for Ireland (7,4) |
| ETERNALCITY | Romantic name for the Italian capital Rome (7,4) |
| LOVEINAMIST | What is the common and romantic name for the fennel flower Nigella damascene, which is also called d |
| KRAAL | South African term for a village of huts or an enclosure for livestock (5) |
| FEAST | Banquet held in the great hall of a medieval castle; or, another word for a village festival (5) |
| DAIQUIRI | Drink named for a village in Cuba |
| NYU | No place for a Village idiot? |
| THEY | Locale for a Village People hit, informally |
| STOCKS | A historical pillory-like wooden device in a market square or village green for restraining offenders sentenced to public ridicule |
| NIGELLA | Genus of flower whose romantic name, love-in-a-mist, refers to its blooms appearing to float among its haze of ethereal filigree-like foliage (7) |
