| COLERAINE | Northern Ireland town on the River Bann |
| STRABANE | Northern Ireland town on the east bank of the River Foyle (8) |
| PORTADOWN | Town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, on the River Bann |
| NEAGH | Lough into which the rivers Bann and Blackwater flow (5) |
| OMAGH | Northern Ireland town |
| ANTRIM | A new colour scheme for cars in Northern Ireland town (6) |
| IRISHSEA | Rivers Bann and Boyne flow into this (5,3) |
| BALLERINA | Hesitation in west of Ireland town for the dance (9) |
| NORTHERNIRELAND | Constituent nation of the UK whose rivers include the Bann and the Lagan (8,7) |
| ARMAGH | N Ireland town and county (6) |
| NEWBURY | Racecourse, however shortened, in N Ireland town (7) |
| UMPIRE | Ulster politician in House of Commons from centre of Upper Bann in Ireland, is the arbitrator (6) |
| BANGOR | N. Wales, N. Ireland, towns |
| ANNAN | Location of Scotland's Broom Fisheries - in Bann, anyway! (5) |
| SEA | Bann and Liffey flow into this (5,3) |
| IRISH | Bann and Liffey flow into this (5,3) |
| ATHLONE | Town on the River Shannon, on the border of the Irish counties of Roscommon and Westmeath (7) |
| MATLOCK | Town on the River Derwent; the county town of Derbyshire (7) |
| CAERLEON | Welsh town on the River Usk in the northern outskirts of Newport (8) |
| WEIMAR | German town on the River Ilm; scene of the establishment of the German republic in 1919 (6) |
