| COMTE | French cheese similar to Gruyere |
| EDAM | Cheese similar to Gruyere |
| EMMENTAL | Type of hard Swiss cheese, similar to Gruyere (8) |
| BRIE | Soft white French cheese similar to Camembert (4) |
| WENSLEYDALE | Crumbly white cheese similar to Cheshire and Caerphilly, originated by French Cistercian monks in North Yorkshire in 1150 (11) |
| ASIAGO | Italian cheese similar to Parmesan |
| SIRENE | Crumbly cheese similar to feta |
| STILTON | Cheese similar to gorgonzola |
| COLBY | Wisconsin cheese similar to cheddar |
| GOUDA | Round Dutch cheese similar to Edam (5) |
| DES | Bleu ___ Causses (cheese similar to Roquefort) |
| REDLEICESTER | A mild orange-coloured cheese, similar to Cheddar (3,9) |
| ROMANO | Hard tangy Italian cheese similar to Parmesan and Asiago, used for grating (6) |
| TALEGGIO | Italian cheese similar to Limburger and Pont-l'Évèque |
| HAVARTI | Mild semi-hard Danish cheese similar to Tilsit, associated with 19th-century cheesemaker Hanne Nielsen (7) |
| ONION | Vegetable used to make a classic French soup served with Gruyere croutons (5) |
| CARAWAY | Seed-like fruit of a plant in the parsley family, used to flavour foods including rye bread, cheese, sauerkraut, orange cake and Gruyere tart (7) |
| ALASUISSE | Like eggs baked with Gruyere cheese |
| AGED | Like Gruyere cheese, for 5-12 months |
| SOFTER | Like Brie vis-a-vis Gruyere cheese |
