| VIRGINIACREEPER | I pace River Niger disguised as an American climber (8,7) |
| ADDITIONAL | Add on tail I disguised as an extra (10) |
| RAVINE | American climber seen on river in valley (6) |
| BARONIAL | Block a lion disguised as an aristocrat (8) |
| AUSTRALIAN | Aunt's a liar, disguised as an Antipodean (10) |
| UPENDER | Run deep when disguised as an assailant overturning others (7) |
| ORPEN | Prone to be disguised as an artist (5) |
| LABYRINTH | Bar thinly disguised as an amazingly complex system (9) |
| DANDARE | Comic space pilot disguised as an adder (3,4) |
| SARA | She's disguised as an artist (4) |
| TITI | It comes back twice for South American climber (4) |
| CLAW | Heliconia rostrata or lobster - - - -, tender, colourful S. American climber (4) |
| IRATELY | I pace banks of Liffey in fury (7) |
| ICECAP | I pace around, around cold, cold area |
| AWETNIGHT | "I pace along, the rain-shafts riddling me" (____, Hardy) |
| AGILE | As active as an American soldier is in drink (5) |
| BAMAKO | Capital of Male on the River Niger (6) |
| OKENE | Large town in southern Nigeria (pop about 350,000), near the River Niger (5) |
| TIMBUKTU | Which famous town is in central Mali, near the river Niger (8) |
| MUNGOPARK | Scottish explorer, mainly of the River Niger |
