| TOWN | Urban area smaller than a city (4) |
| BORO | Municipality smaller than a city, for short |
| TWP | It's usually smaller than a city: Abbr. |
| WOOD | Sylvan glade smaller than a forest with a collection of trees; or, a material used for parquetry, treenware or xylographs by Lucas Cranach the Elder, for example (4) |
| NANO | iPod larger than a shuffle and smaller than a touch |
| MESA | It's bigger than a butte but smaller than a plateau |
| TRIO | Group that's bigger than a duo and smaller than a quartet |
| POND | Bathed in by blackbirds, inhabited by frogs, newts and water boatmen and depicted in paintings by Monet, a freshwater habitat, smaller than a lake (4) |
| HILL | Landform smaller than a mountain, such as a brae, drumlin, tor or puy (4) |
| HALF | One of two equal parts; or, a glass of beer, smaller than a pint (4) |
| DOVE | Bird similar to, but smaller than, a pigeon (4) |
| ATOM | Something that's around a quadrillion times smaller than a speck of dust |
| SECT | It's usually smaller than a denomination |
| TACO | Chipotle offering that's smaller than a burrito |
| ALTO | Type of saxophone that's smaller than a tenor sax |
| TERN | Marine bird like but smaller than a gull |
| ACRE | Unit smaller than a hectare |
| BUSH | Plant smaller than a tree |
| REED | ___ organ (instrument smaller than a pipe organ) |
| TWIN | Bed size smaller than a full |
