| CLYDE | Scottish river rising in South Lanarkshire (5) |
| SPEY | Scottish river rising in the Grampian Mountains, noted for salmon and whisky production (4) |
| INDUS | River rising in south-west Tibet (5) |
| ADIGE | Italian river rising in South Tyrol, and flowing 250 miles into the Adriatic Sea (5) |
| TINTO | Hill in South Lanarkshire (5) |
| NIGER | A river in West Africa, rising in South Guinea, the third-longest river in Africa (5) |
| DON | River rising in South Yorkshire, flowing through Sheffield and Rotherham (3) |
| ORINOCO | River rising in south-east Venezuela (7) |
| LIMPOPO | River rising in South Africa, and flowing 1,090 miles into the Indian Ocean (7) |
| NEISSE | River rising in south west Poland that joins the Oder near Brzeg (6) |
| DOUGLAS | ___ Water, tributary of the River Clyde in South Lanarkshire (7) |
| HAMILTON | Morning in hotel in South Lanarkshire (8) |
| STRATHAVEN | Town in south Lanarkshire (pop about 7,500), created a burgh of barony in 1541 (10) |
| EASTKILBRIDE | Town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, designated a new town in 1947 (4,8) |
| EAST | Doctor takes on the Italian person in front of train in South Lanarkshire town (4,8) |
| KILBRIDE | Doctor takes on the Italian person in front of train in South Lanarkshire town (4,8) |
| CAMBUSLANG | Surprise attack cut off in ding-dong in South Lanarkshire town (10) |
| BLANTYRE | Village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland; birthplace of explorer David Livingstone (8) |
| BIGGAR | ---- Bonfire, Hogmanay event in South Lanarkshire (6) |
| LARKHALL | Gag lobby in South Lanarkshire town (8) |
