| CHEESES | Cottage and cheddar, for example (7) |
| CHEESE | Brie and Cheddar, for example (6) |
| ENGORGE | Swallow last bits of rotten Cheddar, for example (7) |
| CHEESEDOFF | Fed up with cheddar, for example? (7,3) |
| GORGE | Stuff oneself (with) - Cheddar, for example (5) |
| STEWART | Novelist born Mary Florence Elinor Rainbow who penned Airs Above the Ground, The Ivy Tree, Rose Cottage and Touch Not the Cat, as well as books for children and her Merlin chronicles, opening with The |
| SOMERSET | English county known for its cider and Cheddar cheese (8) |
| ALLINGHAM | Watercolourist and friend of Kate Greenaway noted for paintings of traditional English thatched cottages and their gardens (9) |
| ECSTATIC | Happy giving makeover to empty cottage and stable (8) |
| LODGE | Gatekeeper's cottage and beavers' home (5) |
| BACONS | Side, back, cottage, and jowl, e.g. |
| BIGCHEESE | Mature cheddar for the boss |
| SLANG | "Dough," "bacon" or "cheddar," for money |
| GREENCHEESE | Unripe Cheddar, for instance (5,6) |
| TOPONYMS | Roquefort and Cheddar |
| CHEESEBOARD | Assortment of Brie and Cheddar, eg (11) |
| MOUSETRAP | Timid type, prior to gin and Cheddar cheese (9) |
| DORITOSLOCOSTACOS | Former fast food offering with iceberg lettuce and cheddar cheese |
| AYLESBURYS | Depicted in Helen Allingham's painting Irish Cottage and in Beatrix Potter's illustrated tales, domestic ducks of a breed with white plumage (10) |
| STEVENSON | Author of some 50 novels including Miss Buncle's Book, The English Air, Vittoria Cottage and Amberwell whose father's cousin wrote Treasure Island (9) |
