| BURTONUPONTRENT | Staffordshire town known for brewing |
| BURTON | Staffordshire town Taylor went for more than once (6) |
| BURTONONTRENT | Staffordshire town, noted for breweries (6-2-5) |
| BURSLEM | Staffordshire town sometimes called the mother town of Stoke-on-Trent (7) |
| TAMWORTH | Staffordshire town (8) |
| REEK | Smack in Staffordshire town changing hands |
| SLEEK | Smooth opening to store fronting Staffordshire town (5) |
| LEAK | Unauthorised disclosure in Staffordshire town reportedly (4) |
| LEEK | Staffordshire town between Stoke-on-Trent and Buxton |
| LICHFIELD | Staffordshire town with a three-spired cathedral (9) |
| UTTOXETER | Staffordshire town, reputedly spelt in more than 70 ways since it was "Wotocheshede" in the Domesday Book |
| KEPPEL | Egghead Judith when double-parking in Staffordshire town gets upset (6) |
| SETINSTONE | Group in Staffordshire town is completely fixed (3,2,5) |
| NEWCASTLEUNDERLYME | Staffordshire town which resisted two 20th-century attempts to add it to the county borough of Stoke-on-Trent |
| CIDERAPPLE | Placed ripe for brewing Kingston Black, for one (5,5) |
| MALT | Barley or other cereal grain that is steeped, germinated and kiln-dried for brewing beer, distilling or making vinegar; or, a short word for a liquor, whisky or a milky drink, such as Horlicks or Oval |
| GRIST | From "gnashing of teeth", a word for corn to be ground or malt milled to make mash for brewing, thus anything turned to one's profit or advantage (5) |
| KETTLE | Railway slang for any steam locomotive, handy for brewing up (6) |
| TEA | Leaves for brewing (3) |
| TEACHEST | Holder of leaves for brewing? (3,5) |
