| DERWENT | Tributary of the River Trent upon which Derby stands |
| AXHOLME | Isle of ?, flat lowland area in North Lincolnshire west of the River Trent |
| SOAR | Major tributary of the River Trent in the East Midlands (4) |
| CHEADLE | Historically within Cheshire, this suburban village of Greater Manchester is three miles from Stockport town centre; it lies on the Ladybrook, a tributary of the River Mersey (7) |
| TAME | West Midlands river rising in Oldbury. one of the main tributaries of the River Trent (4) |
| ARDECHE | 125km long river in south-central France, a right-bank tributary of the River Rhone (7) |
| DOUGLAS | ___ Water, tributary of the River Clyde in South Lanarkshire (7) |
| MADEIRA | Longest tributary of the river Amazon (7) |
| SLUICES | On river Trent, England's biggest fish pass ('Oh, I'm clueless!) (5,7) |
| MERCIA | Kingdom centred on the valley of the River Trent from approx 527-900AD whose capital was Tamworth |
| NOTTINGHAM | City on the River Trent that was the scene of the outbreak of the English Civil War in 1642 (10) |
| NORTHERN | From the River Trent to the Scottish border? (8) |
| NEWARK | Noah advertising his recently finished vessel on the River Trent? (6) |
| IRTYSH | River of Siberia which is the chief tributary of the River Ob (6) |
| WHARFE | Tributary of the River Ouse in West and North Yorkshire upon which Ilkley stands |
| VITIM | Tributary of the river Lena, navigable to the town of Bodaybo (5) |
| BRENT | Major tributary of the River Thames rising in the London Borough of Barnet |
| SPREE | German river (250 miles long), the main tributary of the River Havel (5) |
| NADDER | Tributary of the River Avon that flows through the park of Wilton House (6) |
| WEY | River which is a tributary of the River Thames (3) |
