| MENDIPHILLS | Location of Cheddar Gorge (6,5) |
| MENDIPS | Hill range location of Cheddar Gorge (7) |
| SOMERSET | County, site of Cheddar Gorge and Glastonbury Tor (8) |
| GEORGIC | One bit of Cheddar Gorge stimulated rural ode (7) |
| PINKS | Flowers related to carnations and sweet williams, such as the wild firewitch of Cheddar Gorge (5) |
| OVEREAT | Finished early race, skipping second part of Cheddar Gorge (7) |
| MENDIFHILLS | An area of outstanding natural beauty in Somerset, the location of Wookey Hole and Cheddar Gorge (6,5) |
| CHEESEBOARD | Platter of Cheddar, Stilton, eg (11) |
| 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) |
| THEMENDIPS | Informally, the range of hills in which Cheddar Gorge lies |
| 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, |
| ARGO | Old vessel found in Cheddar Gorge |
| CHEESEMONGERS | Should make a profit from Cheddar gorge? |
| GULCH | Pull over leading pair in Cheddar Gorge (5) |
| CAVE | A hollow with speleothems such as stalactites/stalagmites, used for maturing cheese in Cheddar Gorge (4) |
| GOUGHSCAVE | A 377ft deep underground chamber in Cheddar Gorge (6,4) |
| CHEE | Peak District Dale - made of 4/6 of Cheddar, say! (4) |
| GORGED | Feature of Cheddar, ultimate bit of food to be eaten with gusto (6) |
| DODDLE | Dole out a portion of cheddar or a piece of cake |
