| WIESBADEN | Capital of Hesse, Germany on the River Rhine (9) |
| EDER | River of Hesse, Germany |
| CONSTANCE | Lake ___, a stretch of water on the River Rhine (205 square miles) (9) |
| MOERS | City in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the River Rhine west of Duisburg |
| COLOGNE | Industrial city in North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany, on the River Rhine |
| FRANKFURT | The most populous city in the German state of Hesse (9) |
| DARMSTADT | Industrial city in Hesse, Germany between Frankfurt and Mannheim (9) |
| STUTTGART | Industrial city in Germany on the River Neckar (9) |
| ARNHEM | Town on the River Rhine, site of a Second World War battle (6) |
| OLDENBURG | A city in north-west Germany on the Rivers Hunte and Haaren (9) |
| KOLN | German name for a city on the river Rhine (4) |
| LORELEI | Legendary siren who lured sailors to their death on the River Rhine (7) |
| MAINZ | Port in Germany at the confluence of the Rivers Rhine and Main (5) |
| RHENISH | Of the river Rhine |
| MANNHEIM | German city in Baden-Wurttemberg at the confluence of the rivers Rhine and Neckar |
| SAARBRUCKEN | State capital of Saarland in western Germany, on the River Saar near the border with France (11) |
| HAMM | City in North Rhine-westphalia, Germany, on the River Lippe, severely damaged in the Second World War (4) |
| HAMBURG | The largest port in Germany, on the River Elbe (7) |
| RUHR | Posh car touring posh bit of Hesse and region nearby (4) |
| HALLE | City of E central Germany on the River Saale, in Saxony-Anhalt near Leipzig (5) |