Swell place in Somerset? (5)
I believe the answer is:
wells
'somerset?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are nouns, they are not in the same form of the noun.
'swell place' is the wordplay.
'place' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'placed' mean this (placing the letters)).
'swell' anagrammed gives 'WELLS'.
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for wells that I've seen before include "Flows upward; small city" , "H. G. . . . . ., science-fiction writer" , "Somerset cathedral city" , "What a boring person might produce" , "Cathedral city; sci-fi writer" .)