County cricket season reportedly prepared (8)
I believe the answer is:
somerset
'county' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'cricket season reportedly prepared' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'reportedly' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is located in the answer.
'prepared' could be 'set' (I've seen this before) and 'set' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for somerset that I've seen before include "English territory" , "head over heels" , "County; acrobat move" , "Southwest English county" , "Part of UK" .)