| LONGSTORY | Another once-upon-a-time of water under the bridge...that can be abridged. (4,5) |
| MARECLAUSUM | Navigable body of water under the jurisdiction of one state and off-limits to all others; Latin, 'closed sea' (4,7) |
| AMBASSADOR | Name of the Bridge that connects Windsor, Ontario to Detroit, Michigan |
| LIEDOWN | Rest of song has to be abridged |
| ALTERN | Following one another, once |
| CEDE | Formerly resign and surrender to another once determined within |
| DIGESTS | Assimilates such books as have been abridged (7) |
| ROOTCANAL | Dental therapy origin? Water under the bridge in Venice! (4,5) |
| TIMESPAST | Water under the bridge |
| YESTERDAY | Water under the bridge |
| IONIANSEA | Body of water under Italy's boot (IN ONE ASIA anagram) (6,3) |
| EASTRIVER | Water under the Brooklyn Bridge |
| VERRAZANO | ---------Narrows, suspension bridge that connects Brooklyn and Staten Island (9) |
| AQUEDUCTS | Bridges that carry water (9) |
| RIALTO | It is a stone-arch bridge that crosses over the narrowest point of the Grand Canal in Venice. It is also the oldest bridge across that canal. In The Merchant of Venice (act 1, scene 3), Shylock says, |
| KEELHAULS | Punishes by dragging through water under a ship (9) |
| HYDRAULIC | Sozzled, rich upper-class lady taking water under pressure? (9) |
| IGOTOVERIT | "That's water under the bridge now" |
| TAXIDRIVER | 7's test papers water under the bridge, perhaps? (4,6) |
| STICK | What moves me? It's water under the bridge for 5 and co (5) |
