| VAULTER | Someone jumping in African river, as some say |
| ACRE | Skilled aviator goes over river as some land (4) |
| BOO | Word shouted by someone jumping out from hiding |
| LEPER | Article dropped by someone jumping -- he's untouchable (5) |
| CONGO | Some panic ongoing in African river (5) |
| NIMBLE | Agile doctor floating in African river (6) |
| NAILED | Secured area in African river delta (6) |
| CONGLOMERATIONS | Left in African river with me; shares collections (15) |
| ENTIRELY | Completely destroyed wheel-cover in African river |
| INGRUM | In good spirit or unknowing, as some say |
| SASS | Impertinent behaviour in America is, as some say, revealing (4) |
| SEWED | As some say, blade did some cutting (5) |
| TIGERFISH | Fighter is swimming predator in African rivers (5,4) |
| FREE | Unlike, as some say, any lunch? |
| SAUCEPAN | Watched range, as some say it's for cooking (8) |
| EYESORE | As some say, I observed "something ugly" |
| BOVVER | Trouble, as some say, splitting centre of arbour |
| BETA | Character's whisker, as some say? (4) |
| PARKA | As some say, Dorothy or Charlie's coat (5) |
| FAKIR | Religious ascetic is a sham, as some say (5) |
