| DEARNE | Barnsley's river, and tributary of the Don (6) |
| WANDLE | River and tributary of the Thames in south London (6) |
| SHEAF | Sheffield's underground river, tributary of the Don (* H. safe) (5) |
| DERWENT | Peak District's longest river and tributary of the Trent (7) |
| RODEN | Shropshire river near Wem and tributary of Tern (*drone) (5) |
| STATED | Announced a test revised by the first of the dons (6) |
| RUSSIA | Country whose rivers include the Volga and the Don (6) |
| AZOV | Sea of ___, outlet of the Don River |
| ROSTOV | Russian port on the Don, a major grainexporting centre in the 19th century (6) |
| ARNETT | Paranormal investigator on The Don Lane Show, Kevin ... (6) |
| LEADER | Criminal dealer for The Don, for example (6) |
| ROTHER | River flowing north from Pilsley, Derbyshire, into the Don in South Yorkshire |
| OCALA | Florida home of the Don Garlits Drag Racing Museum |
| ENDORSING | Supporting attempts of the don to resign (9) |
| ABERDEEN | Scottish city between the mouths of the Dee and the Don |
| TODMORDEN | ___ Mills (Historic industrial settlement and wildflowers preserve attraction in the Don River Valley of Toronto) |
| ONSECONDTHOUGHT | Reconsidering the matter, cut the Don Ho song loose (2,6,7) |
| DANCINGLESSON | What The Don gave to those in Chicago, for one, is instructive to those working around The Pole (7,6) |
| VOLGA | River connected by canal to the Don |
| HEDONIST | The Don is too much of a libertine (8) |
