| LONDONER | River traversed by solitary person who lives near the Thames? (8) |
| RETINOL | Vitamin: it is swallowed by solitary person retiring |
| ONEMAN | Suiting a solitary person who went mowing with a dog? (3-3) |
| BURN | Stream or river traversed by rabbit or squirrel? (4) |
| STYX | River traversed by Charon |
| RHONE | River traversed by our honey-bees |
| COSSACKS | Slavic-Turkic people who live near the Black Sea and formed the cavalry of Russian tsars (8) |
| NEIGHBOR | Person who lives near another |
| PRETEENS | It's all arranged: my son, who lives near Portishead, is going to visit his three nieces in Treen -- they are all between the ages of 9 and 12 (8) |
| THREEMEN | Who Jerome K. Jerome put in a boat on the Thames? (5,3) |
| SEAEAGLE | Fish-eating bird of prey that lives near the coast; having a brown plumage and white tail (3,5) |
| PISAN | Person who lives near the Leaning Tower |
| BOATRACE | Sign of snake seen at event on the Thames? (4,4) |
| ATLANTAN | One who lives near Rome |
| COLONISE | Company is embraced by solitary people (8) |
| BREA | My brother, who lives near the centre of Cerne Abbas, is coming to visit my place near Redruth (4) |
| PAINTPOT | Port ain't on River Thames? Primarily, it's the one used by Constable, for example! (5,3) |
| VENETIAN | He lives near canal, cultivating neat vine (8) |
| OMANI | One who lives near the Arabian Sea |
| ONWARDS | My son, a doctor who lives near the centre of Westward Ho, worked hard to get ahead (7) |
