| SEWEL | Scarecrow giving Sussex community a turn |
| ATHOS | Greek 'holy mountain', location of a semi-autonomous monastic community, a World Heritage Site since 1988 (5) |
| ETHOS | The characteristic spirit or attitudes of a community, a people or system |
| CHIEFRABBI | Leader of a country's Jewish community, a position held in the UK by Ephraim Mirvis since 2013 (5,5) |
| IRISHTOWN | New Brunswick community, a place perfect for St. Paddy! |
| AMERICAN | Member of New World community, a fellow fine inside |
| SHAMROCK | Saskatchewan community, a lovely symbol for March 17th |
| PARENT | Quebec community a mom or dad would like? |
| GAGORDER | The joke gets the religious community a directive to be quiet (3,5) |
| MOGGY | A pet form of "Margaret" that is given as a nickname to a cat, a cow, a ginger cake or a scarecrow (5) |
| EFFIGY | A simulacrum such as a doll, guy, Jack Straw, puppet, scarecrow or statue; or, an impression of a king or queen's head on a coin's obverse (6) |
| STRAWMAN | A scarecrow; a nominal head; a person of no substance; or, a fallacious, sham or weak argument, set up to be easily refuted/knocked down (5,3) |
| STRAW | Something in a milkshake or in a scarecrow (5) |
| CAW | Sound from a bird scared off by a scarecrow |
| POTATO | To a top arrangement this bogle is a Northern scarecrow (6) |
| ASTHINASARAKE | American to raise thanks a strange way - like a scarecrow (2,4,2,1,4) |
| IFI | "___ Only Had a Brain," sang the Scarecrow |
| TAKESASTRAWPOLE | Grabs a scarecrow from Warsaw? |
| CORNCOB | Pipe type for a scarecrow |
| WORZEL | Kids' show about a fictional scarecrow, ------ Gummidge (6) |
