| TEVIOT | Tributary of the River Tweed that passes through Hawick (6) |
| KETTLE | Cauldron; enclosed area formed by a police cordon; or, an oval pan for poaching a fish, traditionally at picnics on the banks of the river Tweed (6) |
| UBANGI | Mighty 2,250 km long river that passes through Bangui to join the Congo River (6) |
| THAMES | A motorway in the South that passes through London (6) |
| IRTYSH | River of Siberia that is the chief tributary of the River Ob (6) |
| NADDER | Tributary of the River Avon that flows through the park of Wilton House (6) |
| COLDSTREAMGUARDS | Regiment of the British Army which has its home on the north bank of the River Tweed (10,6) |
| KENNET | Tributary of the River Thames that flows through Marlborough, Hungerford and Newbury |
| PEEBLES | Town in SE Scotland on the banks of the River Tweed on the edge of which stands Neidpath Castle |
| YARROW | Tributary of the River Douglas skirting Chorley, Lancashire (6) |
| GRANTA | A tributary of the River Cam (6) |
| WHARFE | Tributary of the River Ouse in West and North Yorkshire upon which Ilkley stands |
| TELFER | Colin ......, retired Hawick and Scotland outside half (6) |
| GRAHAM | Darcy - - - , Scotland wing hailing from Hawick (6) |
| SMYTHE | Andy Capp creator a legend in area around Hawick (6) |
| AGATHA | Lady in drag at Hawick (6) |
| KELSO | Market town in the Scottish Borders, at the confluence of the rivers Tweed and Teviot (5) |
| DERWENT | English river that passes through Matlock and forms a tributary of the Trent (7) |
| PERIOD | Time that passes in school |
| COLDSTREAM | Small town in the Borders (pop about 2,000), on the River Tweed (10) |
