| FIREPOOL | I lived with my father in Poole before I got my own place in Taunton (8) |
| DEANPRIOR | I lived in Arne with Penny and Rod before I got my own place near Buckfastleigh (4,5) |
| ESSAYING | I lived with my first girlfriend in a small place in Nye -- we split up after things finally became trying (8) |
| POUNDISFORD | I lived with a professor in Suddon, but then we split up and now I've got my own place near Pitminster (11) |
| INDIANQUEENS | I lived with my second husband and our daughter in the centre of Torquay, then, after we split up, we got a place in Sennen, and then finally I got myself a place about a mile from Penhale (6,6) |
| DIVERGED | On the verge and in the end got my own back |
| PAGODA | A god seen by my father in an Eastern temple (6) |
| BARACKOBAMA | 44th US president who published "Dreams From My Father" in 1995 |
| LUTHERVANDROSS | Dance With My Father singer with a memorable 1997 Super Bowl performance of the national anthem: 2 wds. |
| LUTHER | _ Vandross, 'Dance with My Father' soul singer (6) |
| CAPETOWN | West coast favourite has own place in South Africa. (8) |
| BROWNSEA | Island in Poole Bay where the first scout camp took place in 1907 (8) |
| MINEHEAD | Before me and Ian first moved in together, he had his own place near Dunster (8) |
| VILIFIED | If I lived corruptly I was disparaged (8) |
| HILDRETH | James ........, 2002-22 Somerset batter who made an unbeaten 303 against Warks in Taunton in the 2009 County Championship (8) |
| ALDRIDGE | Somerset all-rounder who took 5-36 against Worcestershire in the 2025 County Championship in Taunton (5,8) |
| GOODFORU | 'I got my degree in nutrition at ___' |
| DOWNPLAY | Undervalue own place offered in set time (8) |
| OLEACEAE | The olive family ... in Poole, 'ace' Aeonium (8) |
| HOMESICK | Longing to be back in your own place? |
