| DEVON | English county that inspired the name of the Cheddar pink '- - - - - Cream' (5) |
| DORSET | County that inspired Thomas Hardy to write Far from the Madding Crowd, John Fowles The French Lieutenant's Woman, T. F. Powys Mr. Weston's Good Wine and Ian McEwan On Chesil Beach (6) |
| MENDIPS | The -, a range of limestone hills in South West England containing the Cheddar Gorge (7) |
| CAN | Crush pink cream soda comes in one |
| MONET | Painter whose iconic Impression, Sunrise inspired the name of the Impressionist movement and whose ambitious Women in the Garden is considered testament to his dedication to working en plein air (5) |
| HESSE | His novel "Steppenwolf" inspired the name of a heavy-metal band |
| ESSEX | Historic English county that contains the new towns of Basildon and Harlow (5) |
| MORRIS | Craftsman who collaborated on his "Red House" with friend Philip Webb and whose daughter, May, co-founded the exhibition society that inspired the name of the Arts and Crafts Movement (6) |
| HOPS | Ingredient that inspired the name of the Huma Lupa Licious I.P.A. |
| CLUB | A type of private members' society that inspired the name of a triple-decker, perhaps "chicken, lettuce under bacon", sandwich; or, a black trefoil pip (4) |
| BACARDI | Liquor brand that inspired the name of a Grammy-winning rapper |
| DOGE | Internet meme that inspired the name of a cryptocurrency |
| COSI | "___ Fan Tutte" (Mozart opera that inspired the name of a fast-casual chain) |
| MARGARITAVILLE | *Jimmy Buffett song that inspired the name of his resort chain |
| FRIGATES | Speedy ships that inspired the name of a bird |
| ONYX | Agate variety that inspired the name of a rock-type Pokemon |
| MAYA | Angelou who inspired the name of the website The Undefeated |
| SEAHAWK | The 1940 film that inspired the name Orlando Pirates (3,4) |
| POE | Author who inspired the name of the NFL's Baltimore Ravens |
| BARN | Word for a barley house or granary whose large and apparently unmissable door inspired the name of a unit of nuclear cross-section (4) |
