| LLANGOLLEN | Town on the River Dee in Denbighshire (10) |
| POINTOFAYR | Sandy headland on the west of the River Dee estuary; the northernmost spot of mainland Wales (5,2,3) |
| BALLATER | Small town in the north-east (pop about 1,500), on the River Dee (8) |
| BALMORAL | - Castle; situated on an estate overlooked by Lochnagar, the Scottish residence of the royal family on the River Dee near Braemar (8) |
| BANCHORY | Town in the north-east on the River Dee (pop about 7,500) (8) |
| CHESTER | City in Cheshire on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales |
| ORONO | Welsh Town On The River Dee (5) |
| FLINT | Welsh Town On The River Dee (5) |
| BALM | Royal holiday residence on the River Dee (8) |
| ABOYNE | A lad from Tyneside found on the River Dee (6) |
| ASSURED | Certain of a boat on the River Dee (7) |
| RHYL | Seaside resort town in Denbighshire, Wales, at the mouth of the River Clwyd |
| STASAPH | City on the River Elwy in Denbighshire, Wales |
| BALMORALCASTLE | Large country house on the banks of the River Dee |
| THREAVECASTLE | 14th-century stronghold on an island in the River Dee west of Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway |
| BALA | Largest natural lake in Wales, and the chief source of the River Dee (4) |
| ROYAL | Word used to describe the stretch of the River Dee that flows through the Balmoral estate (5) |
| CASTLE | 14th-century stronghold on an island in the River Dee west of Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway (7,6) |
| THREAVE | 14th-century stronghold on an island in the River Dee west of Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway (7,6) |
| WIRRAL | Peninsula in NW England between the estuaries of the Rivers Dee and Mersey (6) |
