| INVERNESS | Small community in Nova Scotia (pop about 1,500), once a coal-mining centre (9) |
| DALMELLINGTON | Small town in Ayrshire (pop about 1,500), once a coal-mining centre (13) |
| ATHOL | Small community in Nova Scotia |
| ASHINGTON | Northumberland town, formerly a coal-mining centre (9) |
| ALLOA | Town in central Scotlnd (pop 20,000), once a coal-mining centre (5) |
| NORDEGG | Alberta foothills community once a coal mining hub |
| KIMBERLEY | City in Northern Cape, South Africa that is a diamond-mining centre (9) |
| ABERDARE | Town in south Wales (pop about 30,000), once a major coal-mining centre (8) |
| VILLAGE | A small community in a rural area and usually smaller than a town. (7) |
| LAUDER | Small Borders town (pop about 1,500), a royal burgh with a charter dated 1502 (6) |
| BEAULY | Small town in the Highlands (pop about 1,500), with a ruined priory established around 1230 (6) |
| HEERLEN | Industrial city in Limburg, Netherlands; a major coal mining centre from the late nineteenth century |
| POPE | Poet who lives in a small community in Rome? |
| ANNAPOLISROYAL | 'Where history Meets Opportunity' community in nova Scotia: 2 wds. |
| EVENINGSHADE | 1990s sitcom named for a small community in northern Arkansas: 2 wds. |
| BALLATER | Small town in the north-east (pop about 1,500), on the River Dee (8) |
| ROTHES | Small town in Moray (pop about 1,500), home to four distilleries (6) |
| PRE | Grand-___ (Historic Acadian community in Nova Scotia) |
| HILLSIDE | Community in Nova Scotia |
| WESTON | Community in Nova Scotia |
