| RIVERAWE | Salmon watercourse in SW Highlands (*we arrive!) (5,3) |
| WELCOMED | We arrive within land borders to be greeted warmly (8) |
| LAYETTES | They are waiting for those due to arrive! (8) |
| REARVIEW | WE ARRIVE |
| MEKONG | --- River, watercourse in Southeast Asia, rising in Southwest China in Qinghai province (6) |
| REARVIEWMIRROR | We arrive, playing repeat in part of car (4-4,6) |
| WELCOME | Kindly greeting when we arrive with first lady inside |
| BOYLESLAW | So, well by a review we arrive at PV = k (6,3) |
| WADI | Watercourse in Arabic- speaking parts of N Africa and southern Asia that remains dry except in the rainy season (4) |
| KICKINGHORSE | ___ River, watercourse in British Columbia, Canada, whose source is Wapta Lake (7,5) |
| YELLOWRIVER | Huang He watercourse in China (6,5) |
| LOA | This main watercourse in the Atacama Desert is also Chile's longest river |
| BAYOU | Slow-moving marshy watercourse in the USA |
| KHOR | A dry watercourse in Ladakh, originally |
| HELICOPTERS | Ridiculous hotel prices? They may come down when VIPs arrive! |
| LATECOMER | Funeral director? He was the last to arrive! (4,5) |
| HUDSONRIVER | Watercourse in East New York State, flowing generally south into Upper New York Bay (6,5) |
| RIV | Watercourse, in brief |
| NIAGARARIVER | A watercourse in Northeast North America, connecting Lake Erie and Lake Ontario (7,5) |
| ESK | Watercourse in the Skerries |
