| RESERVOIRS | Rivers rose to fill these large, artificial lakes (10) |
| RESERVOIR | Wild river rose to fill dam (9) |
| CANBERRA | Capital city of Australia, built around a large artificial lake (8) |
| RUTLAND | ___ Water, East Midlands large artificial lake (7) |
| ROLES | casting director fills these |
| THISTLE | A plant not that large fills these borders |
| POLARBEARS | These large predators are native to the Arctic Ocean region (5,5) |
| ALLIGATORS | China and southern USA are the only habitats of these large reptiles |
| IJSSELMEER | Shallow artificial lake in the Netherlands formed from the closure of the Zuiderzee by a dam in 1932 (10) |
| LAKEKARIBA | The world's largest artificial lake and reservoir by volume, along the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe (4,6) |
| WATER | Huge artificial lake in E. Midlands (7,5) |
| CANAL | In a way, preserve a large artificial waterway (5) |
| EARTHWORK | A large artificial bank of soil, especially one used as a fortification (9) |
| AVIARIES | Hen houses and chicken coops are examples of these large enclosures for birds |
| HUNKERS | Squat on these large pieces holding ruler (7) |
| PIANOS | Chopin is the 'poet' of these large musical instruments |
| SWEDES | These large, yellow-fleshed roots are useful winter vegetables (6) |
| LADDERS | Climbers might step on these large snakes (7) |
| ELKS | These large North American deer are also called moose |
| MANTUA | City in Lombardy, Italy. northeast of Parma surrounded on three sides by artificial lakes (6) |
