| SAINTNAZAIRE | Town in Loire-Atlantique, northwest France, on the right bank of the Loire River estuary (5-7) |
| CAEN | Capital of the Calvados department of NW France, on the Orne River approximately 9 miles (14 km) inland from the English Channel (4) |
| LORIENT | Atlantic port and naval station in NW France on the Bay of Biscay (7) |
| NANTES | Port city it western France on the banks of the Loire river, 50km inland from the Atlantic coast (6) |
| CHATEAU | Stately French mansion such as those on the banks of the Loire |
| PEBBLE | Soft fade to the banks of the Loire with a little smooth rock (6) |
| RUSE | Largest river port of Bulgaria, on the right bank of the Danube opposite the Romanian city of Giurgiu (4) |
| LEONINE | The --- City is a district of Rome on the right bank of the Tiber (7) |
| LORELEI | Large rock on the right bank of the Rhine river near Sankt Goarshausen; legendary home of a siren who lures boatmen to destruction (7) |
| LOUVRE | Musee du ---, landmark museum in Paris, located on the Right Bank of the Seine (6) |
| RUHR | Mining and industrial region on the right bank of the Rhine (4) |
| SANCERRE | Medieval hilltop village in a canton of the same name along the Loire River, noted for sauvignon blanc wine (8) |
| ORLEANS | A city on the Loire river in north central France. |
| VENDOME | Historial French town on the Loire river (7) |
| PLATE | English name for the wide river estuary that forms part of the border between Argentina and Uruguay (5) |
| BEIRA | Port in Mozambique on the Pungwe River estuary (5) |
| PEARL | Hong Kong and Macau are on opposite sides of the ____ River estuary |
| SHANNON | Limerick is at the head of this river's estuary (7) |
| ROANNE | Commune in Loire, France, housing the Musee des Beaux-Arts et d'Archeologie Joseph-Dechelette |
| HUMBER | River estuary of the Ouse and Trent |
