| INNY | Cornish tributary of River Tamar (4) |
| ARNO | River Tamar normally holds |
| EARN | Tributary of River Tay (4) |
| ONAN | Biblical brother-in-law of Tamar |
| TEAR | Drop each in Tamar without doctors (4) |
| TONI | Sis of Traci, Tamar, Trina, and Towanda |
| SHAD | Fish, rare in UK, though spawning in Tamar estuary (*hails lads) (5,4) |
| MARC | ___ Cavaciuti, twice UK Carp Champ with Rob Burgess - seen in Tamar current! (4) |
| AONB | Good spot for a picnic, like the Tamar Valley (1,1,1,1) |
| TRIMARAN | Vessel manoeuvring in River Tamar (8) |
| SALTASH | Town in Cornwall across the River Tamar from Plymouth (7) |
| BRUNEL | Civil engineer commemorated on his Royal Albert bridge over the River Tamar |
| RYTON | Worksop's river, tributary of River Idle (*no try) (5) |
| CHERWELL | Major tributary of River Thames (8) |
| WANTSUM | Tributary of River Stour, Kent - *um, wasn't changing (7) |
| GLASS | Tributary of River Beauly (5) |
| TUMMEL | Tributary of River Tay (6) |
| RIVERLYD | Spawning tributary of Tamar (*dry liver) (5,3) |
| EXERT | Make an effort ascending banks of Tamar river |
| LYD | Devon tributary of the Tamar... in, oddly, Dungeness! (3) |
