| NIDD | North Yorkshire river upon which Knaresborough stands (4) |
| AARE | Swiss river upon which Bern stands (4) |
| BANN | Irish river upon which Coleraine stands (4) |
| TOWY | English name of the river upon which Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales stands (4) |
| AIRE | River upon which Leeds, England, stands (4) |
| TONE | River upon which Taunton, Somerset, stands (4) |
| ARNO | River upon which Florence stands (4) |
| KAMA | Russian river upon which the cities of Perm and Solikamsk stand (4) |
| OUSE | North Yorkshire river (4) |
| DESK | Start to dredge North Yorkshire river - you may have to work at it (4) |
| OINK | Animal sound emanating from zoo in Knaresborough (4) |
| MINK | Stole material from gym in Knaresborough (4) |
| TOWN | Rebel Wilson film, partly filmed in Knaresborough (6,4) |
| VYATKA | River in Russia, a tributary of the Kama River upon which Kotelnich stands (6) |
| ANGARA | River in Siberia flowing from Lake Baikal to the Yenisei River upon which Irkutsk stands (6) |
| HAVEL | Tributary of the Elbe River upon which Potsdam, Germany stands (5) |
| TRENT | English river upon which Nottingham stands (5) |
| TIBER | River upon which Rome stands |
| COLORADO | Major river upon which the Hoover Dam stands (8) |
| WYE | River upon which Chepstow, Wales stands (3) |
