| FREDDIE | Mercury rising in the 1970s |
| ROUGHEN | Mercury rising in French city makes you rasp (7) |
| AFGHAN | Mercury rising in cooler having been given a shawl (6) |
| GANDHI | Unit finding genetic material in Mercury Rising for old statesman (6) |
| IMMERSIONHEATER | This should see Mercury rising after dipping |
| ALLIER | French river rising in the Cevennes in the Massif Central to the Loire (6) |
| DANUBE | Rising in the Black Forest and flowing to the Black Sea through 10 countries and many cities including Vienna, Budapest and Belgrade, the second-longest river in Europe (6) |
| GARONNE | A river in Southwest France, rising in the central Pyrenees, flowing through the city of Bordeaux and into the Atlantic (7) |
| SAAR | A river in West Europe, rising in the Vosges Mountains and flowing north to the Moselle River in Germany (4) |
| TEES | River in the north of England, rising in the Pennines, and flowing 85 miles into the North Sea (4) |
| SWALE | River in North Yorkshire, rising in the Pennines nearthe Cumbria border, which joins the Ure to form the Ouse (5) |
| SUWANNEE | US river rising in the Okefenokee Swamp on the Georgia-Florida border that flows to the Gulf of Mexi |
| ARNO | A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Liguri |
| IRTYSH | River rising in the Altai Mountains to join the Ob in western Siberia (6) |
| DEE | River in Scotland, rising in the Cairngorms and flowing east to the North Sea (3) |
| RAVI | Rising in the Himalayas, one of the five tributaries of the Indus that give Punjab its name (4) |
| ODER | A river in central Europe, rising in the North East Czech Republic and flowing north and west to the Baltic (4) |
| ELBE | River in Central Europe, rising in the North Czech Republic and flowing northwest to the North Sea (4) |
| OILGAUGE | Greece reports judge - the one measuring the pressure rising in The System (3-5) |
| DURANCE | A river in south-eastern France, rising in the Alps and flowing generally southwest into the Rhone (7) |
