| STILLWATER | It's not a river, but it's H20 nonetheless (5,5) |
| DENIAL | it's not a river in Egypt |
| MILLPOND | Show concern about learners on river, but it's typically calm |
| SNAPS | Like a railway bridge across a river - but get it the wrong way round, and it breaks (5) |
| CAREDFOR | Liked a river, but forced to divert round it |
| DEEPTHROAT | River grass encircling path, not a river grass (4,6) |
| WATERMAINS | Principal pipes supplying properties with H20 |
| IVER | A river not a river in Bucks (4) |
| ONTARIO | Remarkably not a river in Spain but a lake in North America (7) |
| RATON | Sell down the river, not a river on the way back (3,2) |
| OVERTRAIN | Possibly not a river in which to practise excessively (9) |
| ACHILLES | A Greek warrior bathed in a magical river but for one extremity by which his mother held him (8) |
| LAGOONS | Shallow ponds or lakes close to a larger river but separated from it by a barrier. (7) |
| GROTTO | Cave painter captures river but not current (6) |
| POLLEN | Nell returned to the river but they'd taken a powder (6) |
| IMMERSE | I'm by river but not ready ultimately for dip (7) |
| RIDGE | Thing to cross river but not first narrow hilltop (5) |
| AQUA | In chemistry, the water molecule H20, as a neutral ligand (4) |
| AMRITSAR | Indian city causing mix up in West Country river, but not the capital (8) |
| BREAKTHEBANK | Flood over the edge of the river - but they say it's a big win! (5,3,4) |
