| CONWY | Coastal town of N Wales on the mouth of the eponymous river |
| USK | Welsh coastal town on the eponymous river (3) |
| MOLD | Town in Flintshire, N Wales, on the River Alyn |
| RIGA | Port on the mouth of the Daugava river, member of the Hanseatic League from 1282 (4) |
| DIEPPE | French seaport on the English Channel that stands on the mouth of the river Arques (6) |
| LEHAVRE | Which port on the mouth of the Seine River is the second busiest in France? (2,5) |
| NOBEOKA | Which Japanese fishing port is on the mouth of the Gokase River? (7) |
| PITCHLAKE | Largest natural deposit of bitumen in the world, in the coastal town of Le Brea in SW Trinidad (5,4) |
| CARDIGAN | Town in Ceredigion, Wales on the estuary of the River Teifi (8) |
| RILL | Current report of N Wales resort? (4) |
| LLANDUDNO | Resort of N. Wales |
| ANGLESEY | Island and county of N. Wales (8) |
| SEVRES | Town of N. France, a suburb of Paris associated with porcelain manufacture (6) |
| SENNA | 2011 film documentary on the career of the eponymous Brazilian racing driver (5) |
| PECTORAL | Noisily kissed on the mouth and on the chest (8) |
| ABERGAVENNY | Market town in Monmouthshire, Wales, on the north bank of the River Usk housing an 11th-century castle (11) |
| SCARBOROUGH | Coastal town of North Yorkshire, as in Cyrtanthus elatus, the ___ lily (11) |
| ESSEX | The coastal town of Brightlingsea is in this historic English county (5) |
| RHYL | Resort town in Denbighshire, N Wales at the entrance to the Vale of Clwyd (4) |
| TREDEGAR | Town of SE Wales on the River Sirhowy (*deter gar) (8) |