urban areas (6)
'urban areas' is the definition.
(town is a kind of urban area)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for towns that I've seen before include "Urban areas" , "Places" , "Municipalities" , "Settlements" .)
'urban areas' is the definition.
(city is a kind of urban area)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for cities that I've seen before include "Large Urban areas" , "Densely populated urban areas" , "Large conurbations" , "Densely-populated urban areas" , "Dickens novel, 'A Tale of Two ......'" .)