| IRISHJIG | Dance over the water to the rainbow; Henry James is generally the tops (5,3) |
| WATTEAU | Power unit going over the water to the french artist (7) |
| PHD | Academic degree that is generally the highest awarded by universities (2,1) |
| OVID | He wrote "time is generally the best medicine" |
| PORTMANTEAU | Bag left by McDonald's worker going over the water to France (11) |
| TABLEAU | Picture Bill going over the water to France |
| HATFIELD | House in Hertfordshire built for Robert Cecil in 1611, home to the Rainbow portrait of Elizabeth I bearing the motto Non sine sole iris (no rainbow without the sun) (8) |
| TRAWLNET | Something pulled along the bottom of the water to catch fish (5-3) |
| FRANKLIN | ___ Roosevelt (US president when the All- American canal first brought water to the IV) |
| ARTESIAN | Type of well that doesn't require a pump to bring water to the surface (8) |
| IRRIGATE | Mad about equipment to bring water to the land (8) |
| SPANIARD | The foreigner got the water to drain off |
| ENCEINTE | An enclosure, generally the whole area of a fortified place (8) |
| REINDEER | Said to give water to the pet animal (8) |
| BLACKSEA | Inland body of water to the north of Turkey (5,3) |
| NORTHSEA | Stretch of water to the east of England (5,3) |
| MANOFWAR | Fights over the water Joe has at office way out around Wales (3-2-3) |
| MEANWELL | Stingy over the water supply but have good intentions (4,4) |
| DJELLABA | Dinner jacket each holds in formal dance, over hooded cloak |
| DISPATCH | Dismissal; a sending away in haste; promptitude generally; the posting of mail or sending of a messenger; or, a military/journalistic report (8) |
