| APOLLINAIRE | Poet sticking head in river after midday (11) |
| ADHESION | Sticking head in, so excited |
| EXPERTISE | Fairies engulfing trainee's head in River of Proficiency (9) |
| DEPART | Go east and plunge head in river (6) |
| OXBOW | Farm animal to lower head in river bend (5) |
| WATERFALL | Sudden drop in river after breaking through barrier (9) |
| EASED | Relieved when thrown in river after coming up (5) |
| BLAZER | Garment in river after fire |
| STAY | Remain in river after start of swim |
| TROUT | Game swimmer in river, after time, blossoming (5) |
| SOUSE | Soak in river after starting sweating (5) |
| CUYAHOGA | ___ River (after translation, "Crooked River River") |
| MAEANDER | Historical name for Turkish river after which river bends are named |
| SEINER | Person fishing in one river after another |
| GRILSE | Salmon returning to river after one winter in sea (6) |
| RURAL | One river after another in the countryside (5) |
| ADVENTURESOME | Enterprising few go on river after a time in December |
| STRIDENT | Grating I had found in the river after Sunday (8) |
| TIBER | It is one of Europe's historic rivers and the second longest Italian river after the Po, rising on the slope of Monte Fumaiolo. In Julius Caesar (act 1, scene 2), Cassius says, "For once, upon a raw a |
| SUPERHERO | Horse foolishly crossing river, after initially unseating poor equestrian, Captain America? (9) |
