| JACOBS | Flight of steps at Cheddar Gorge and a Sidmouth beach (6,6) |
| LADDER | Flight of steps at Cheddar Gorge and a Sidmouth beach (6,6) |
| SOMERSET | County, site of Cheddar Gorge and Glastonbury Tor (8) |
| STOOP | What is a small porch or set of steps at the front of a house? (5) |
| BRISTOL | English city noted for blue glass, a suspension bridge spanning the Avon Gorge and a modern reconstruction of John Cabot's caravel Matthew (7) |
| PINK | A minnow; a coastal fishing boat; a tinkling sound; a chaffinch; the gillyflower allied to the carnation, Cheddar Gorge "firewitch", sweet william and other "flowers of Zeus" in the genus Dianthus or, |
| NIAGARA | This rhododendron cultivar is also a river, gorge and natural feature on the border of the Canadian Province of Ontario and the US state of New York (7) |
| STAIRS | A flight of steps connecting the floors of a building (6) |
| CHEDDAR | Containing Britain's largest gorge and part of the Strawberry Line cycle route, village on the edge of the Somerset Levels where the cheese of the same name originates (7) |
| PASS | Evolving from a simple "step" or "spread", this word now covers everything from a canyon, col, gorge and ravine to an amorous advance, fencing thrust, free ticket, juggling trick and much more in betw |
| ALVAGLEN | Scenic gorge and waterfalls at the foot of the Ochils (4,4) |
| STAIR | One of a flight of steps; or, in the Scots language, the entire series of said treads, from landing to floor (5) |
| STARE | Keep looking at a flight of steps, so to speak (5) |
| STAIRROD | Device used to secure a carpet on a flight of steps (5-3) |
| STAIRCASE | A flight of steps with framework and banisters (9) |
| MENDIFHILLS | An area of outstanding natural beauty in Somerset, the location of Wookey Hole and Cheddar Gorge (6,5) |
| MENDIPS | The -, a range of limestone hills in South West England containing the Cheddar Gorge (7) |
| MENDIPHILLS | Limestone feature of Somerset including Wookey Hole and Cheddar Gorge (6,5) |
| CORSICA | With pink-hued sea cliffs, hidden coves, mountain hamlets and chestnut groves in the Spelunca Gorges and Evisa, "Island of Beauty" north of Sardinia, capital Ajaccio (7) |
| STOOPS | A small platform with steps at the entrance to buildings (6) |
