| LIFFEY | Irish river that rises in the Wicklow Mountains and flows into Dublin Bay |
| SHANNON | Irish setter belonging to Beach Boy Carl Wilson, named after an Irish river, that inspired a song by Henry Gross (7) |
| COLUMBIA | North American river that rises in the Rocky Mountains and flows to the Pacific (8) |
| HIGHROAD | The way to God perhaps in the Wicklow mountains for instance (4,4) |
| TUNNELVISION | Way into Dublin port for ghost with narrow focus (6,6) |
| CANAL | One of those grand types coming into Dublin seen close to Rialto? (5) |
| LOAF | Distinctive peak in the Wicklow Mountains. (5,4) |
| SUGAR | Distinctive peak in the Wicklow Mountains. (5,4) |
| EBRO | Spanish river which rises in the Cantabrian Mountains and flows south-east to the Mediterranean (4) |
| GARONNE | River that rises in the central Pyrenees in Spain and flows into the Gironde estuary in France (7) |
| ODER | Central European river that rises in the Czech Republic and flows into the Gulf of Pomerania of the Baltic Sea |
| NECKAR | German river that rises in the Black Forest and flows into the Rhine at Mannheim |
| LOIRE | River that rises in the Massif Central and flows into the Atlantic Ocean (5) |
| IRTYSH | River that rises in the Altai Mountains in China and flows through Kazakhstan and Russia to the Ob in Siberia (6) |
| GANGES | River that rises in the Himalayas and flows east into the Bay of Bengal (6) |
| DEE | River that rises in the Cairngorms and flows eastwards through Braemar and the Balmoral Estate to the North Sea; or, an alchemist who was Elizabeth I's court astronomer (3) |
| ELBE | River that rises in the Czech Republic and flows through Germany into the North Sea at Cuxhaven |
| DANUBE | European river that rises in the Black Forest in Germany and flows to the Black Sea |
| RIBBLE | River that rises in the Yorkshire Dales and flows to the Irish Sea (6) |
| BRAHMAPUTRA | River that rises in the Himalayas and joins the Ganges at its delta on the Bay of Bengal (11) |
