| ERIDANUS | Constellation represented as a river (8) |
| SAILDOWN | Navigate in a sloop, as a river |
| AMORETTO | Cupid or putto in a work of art, typically represented as a small chubby child with wings (8) |
| TRILLION | Number represented as a one followed by twelve zeros (8) |
| BEAVERED | Worked hard on something, as a river creature might |
| DELAWARE | US state which Joe Biden represented as a senator from 1973 to 2009 (8) |
| MELCHIOR | One of the three Magi, represented as a king of Nubia (8) |
| JOHNBULL | England represented as a man (4,4) |
| FOOL | Court jester with a belled cap once represented as a watermark on paper; or, a light "trifle" of a pudding based on clotted cream or custard with pureed goosegogs, rasps or other seasonal berries/frui |
| BRIDGE | Structure such as an early "clam" or "clapper" type, built to span a divide or obstacle such as a river (6) |
| MEANDER | Follow a winding course, as a river (7) |
| FLOWTO | Reach, as a river might a sea |
| FAUN | In Roman legend, a rural deity represented as a man with a goat's ears, horns, tail and hind legs (4 |
| ERATO | Greek Muse typically represented as a nymph crowned with myrtle and roses, holding a lyre and a bow |
| OPHIUCHUS | Large constellation usually represented as a man grasping a snake (9) |
| HORN | A deer's antler; or, part of a goat represented as a cornucopia (4) |
| UNICORN | A mythical animal represented as a horse with a single horn in its forehead (7) |
| EARTHLING | A girl then represented as a sci-fi character |
| EARNESTNESS | A stern sense represented as a serious quality (11) |
| CUYP | Often incorporating Italianate lighting, a Dutch painter of landscapes such as A River Scene with Distant Windmills (4) |
