| SOMERSET | Weird tree moss in Taunton district |
| NEWLOOK | British fashion retailer founded in Taunton in 1969 (3,4) |
| FIREPOOL | I lived with my father in Poole before I got my own place in Taunton (8) |
| SHAKIB | Bangladesh cricketer who made an unbeaten 124 in the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup win over West Indies in Taunton (6) |
| ALHASAN | Bangladesh cricketer who made an unbeaten 124 in the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup win over West Indies in Taunton (2,5) |
| ARCHIE | Somerset allrounder who took 6-102 and 5-38 against Surrey in the 2024 County Championship in Taunton (6) |
| VAUGHAN | Somerset allrounder who took 6-102 and 5-38 against Surrey in the 2024 County Championship in Taunton (7) |
| 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) |
| KASEY | Somerset all-rounder who took 5-36 against Worcestershire in the 2025 County Championship in Taunton (5,8) |
| RASE | Tear down, in Taunton Deane |
| AUNT | Relative resident in Taunton |
| RASES | Tears down, in Taunton Deane |
| TONGA | Country song first cut in Taunton (5) |
| UNFORTUNATES | Sue lives with her father in Taunton -- sadly, they're the sort of people who always seem to have bad luck (12) |
| AUNTS | Relatives - one of them seen in Taunton with leading spinner (5) |
| EDEN | River in Cumbria that rises in Black Fell Moss in the Yorkshire Dales (4) |
| SPANISH | Plant that hangs from the branches of trees, ... moss (7) |
| MAIDMARIAN | Folklore figure played by Kate Moss in Blackadder: Back & Forth |
| RIDGE | Ronn Moss in the Bold & the Beautiful, ... Forrester (5) |
