| FROGBIT | Mini water lily-like plant related to the water soldier that floats on the surface of lakes or ponds |
| CARDOON | A thistle-like plant related to the globe artichoke, with leaves used as a vegetable |
| LOTUS | Water lily-like plant (5) |
| LAMP | Light amount of current under surface of lake (4) |
| RUFFLE | Disrupt smooth surface of lake with fish around |
| ANOA | Mini water buffalo |
| ALGAE | Stemless and leafless growth in birdbaths or ponds (5) |
| LILYPAD | Plant's large leaf that floats on the surface of a pond: 2 wds. |
| BASKINGSHARK | Large fish that often floats on the surface of the sea (7,5) |
| SCIRPUS | Genus of grass-like plants, related to sedge, with the common names club-rush, wood club-rush or bulrush (7) |
| ICESHELF | Glacial platform that floats on the ocean |
| CRAKE | The spotted ___, Porzana porzana, is a waterbird related to the water rail (5) |
| SPOTTEDCRAKE | Secretive wading bird, Porzana porzana, related to the water rail (7, 5) |
| OUSEL | Duck to take advantage of lake, or some other bird (5) |
| BAYOU | Marshy tributary of lake or river - a buoy (anag) (5) |
| BANK | Edge of lake or pool (4) |
| WATERLILIES | Showy plants that float on the surface of ponds (5,6) |
| AQUATIC | From the Latin for "water", word for a hydrophyte such as duckweed, frogbit, hornwort, marsh marigold, water soldier, yellow flag iris or any other example of a plant living in or near a pond, river, |
| LILIPAD | The round leaf of a plant that floats on water (4,3) |
| FLAT | Ancient Greek cosmology decreed that the Earth was this shape, which helped it to float on the so-called river of Ocean. |
