| BALLATER | Town on the banks of the Aberdeenshire Dee (8) |
| ROYAL | Adjective sometimes applied to the Aberdeenshire Dee (5) |
| MAR | Upper beat of the Aberdeenshire Dee (3) |
| DEER | Animal found in the Aberdeenshire river, right? (4) |
| AGARTALA | Capital of the state of Tripura in NE India, on the banks of the Haora River near the border with Bangladesh (8) |
| WARWICK | The name of this English county town on the banks of the River Avon means 'dwellings by the weir' |
| GRANGEMOUTH | Town on the banks of the Firth of Forth, site of a large oil refinery (11) |
| EPERNAY | Town on the bank of the River Marne in France that is a centre of the champagne industry (7) |
| BUDAPEST | This principal Hungarian city is situated on the banks of the Danube (8) |
| BOUNCERS | Spring on the banks of the River Thames with club employees (8) |
| HAMILTON | City on the banks of the Waikato River (8) |
| HEREFORD | Cathedral city on the banks of the River Wye (8) |
| ANTRIM | Town on the banks of the Six Mile Water, just before it enters Lough Neagh |
| RIVERRAT | 1984 Tommy Lee Jones film set on the banks of the Mississippi, with "The" |
| OXYMORON | A contradiction in terms from an idiot on the banks of the Isis, it appears (8) |
| TAJMAHAL | Temple on the banks of the Yamuna River in Agra (3,5) |
| KILKENNY | Irish city on the banks of the River Nore in Leinster |
| ROSTOV | Russian town on the banks of Lake Nero, centre of the Golden Ring (6) |
| WATERLOW | Ernest Albert ?, British painter whose works include The Banks of the River Loing and Suffolk Marshes |
| PARK | Beat on the lower Aberdeenshire Dee (4) |
