| COTTAGE | --- cheese, a mild, loose, soft, white cheese made from skimmed milk curds (7) |
| COTTAGECHEESE | Product made from skimmed milk curds (7,6) |
| RICOTTA | Soft white cheese made from sheep's milk (7) |
| BRIE | Ripened, soft white cheese made in France |
| FLUFF | Loose, soft, downy mass of hair, feathers, cotton, dust, etc. |
| MOULDING | Shaping loose soft earth at home before midnight (8) |
| MOULD | Loose soft earth will produce fungoid growth (5) |
| PARMESAN | A hard, dry cheese made from skimmed milk, used grated, especially on pasta dishes (8) |
| STILTON | Rich blue-veined or white cheese made in the Midlands (7) |
| APRICOT | Fruit and a soft white cheese? No thanks! (7) |
| GABRIEL | Young lady eating soft cheese, a gift from God (7) |
| CHEESES | Milk curds (7) |
| CROWDIE | Traditional soft white cheese (7) |
| EDAMAME | a€¦cheese, a muscadine rind, soybean (7) |
| CUSTARD | Eccentric person eating only skimmed milk-based sauce (7) |
| CHEDDAR | Situated near to the site of the UK's largest gorge and famous for cheese, a village in the Mendip Hills through which the Sustrans Strawberry Line passes (7) |
| BRIEFED | Prepared cheese a€“ one that sets? (7) |
| GRATING | Preparing cheese a€“ harsh (7) |
| BRASSIE | Cheese a couple of sons consumed in the old club |
| FETA | Salty white cheese made from goats' milk |
