| SHENANDOAH | River formed in Virginia, US, that joins the Potomac at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia |
| SHATTALARAB | Asian river formed in southern Iraq by the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates (5,2-4) |
| JOHNBROWN | US abolitionist leader hanged in 1859 after leading an unsuccessful rebellion of slaves at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia |
| CHESAPEAKE | Inlet of the Atlantic in Maryland and Virginia, US (10.3) |
| ROANOKE | City in Virginia, US, that houses the man-made Mill Mountain Star (7) |
| NEWPORTNEWS | A port in Virginia, USA, at the mouth of the James River (7,4) |
| YORKTOWN | Site in Virginia, US where Cornwallis surrendered to Washington in 1781, ending the American War of |
| SOLHEIM | The Cup, the women's equiv- alent of the Ryder Cup, concludes today in Virginia, USA (7) |
| POTOMAC | It meets the Shenandoah at Harper's Ferry |
| SAVANNAH | US river formed by the confluence of the Seneca and Tugaloo Rivers in South Carolina (8) |
| LYNCH | Charles ?, 18th-century planter in Virginia, US, who headed an irregular court that punished British supporters during the American Revolution (5) |
| OHIO | River formed by the joining of the Allegheny and the Monongahela |
| VARIOUS | In Virginia, US, a little town that's different (7) |
| MARS | Food and consumer goods branding company based in Virginia, US (4) |
| BAY | Inlet of the Atlantic in Maryland and Virginia, US (10.3) |
| TISZA | Longest tributary of the Danube River, formed by two headstreams (Black and White) in the Carpathian Mountains of western Ukraine (5) |
| CLYDE | Major Scottish river, formed by the confluence of the Daer Water and Potrail Water (5) |
| WESER | River formed by the junction of the Fulda and Werra |
| PUCKSGLEN | River-formed ravine on the Cowal peninsula, and a popular walk (5,4) |
| CHESAPEAKEBAY | Inlet of the Atlantic in Maryland and Virginia, US |
