| TROPICAL | Up-to-date including river near equator (8) |
| PICASSO | Artist whose Rose Period saw him paint some of his highest-selling works to date including Young Girl with a Flower Basket and Boy with a Pipe (7) |
| DOLDRUMS | Parts of ocean near equator where calms and light winds prevail (8) |
| ATTESTED | Freshly set date including time is confirmed (8) |
| TRADE | ___ winds - steady winds near equator that were important for early navigation (5) |
| NOTBAD | No date including 'to be announced' is acceptable (3,3) |
| AUVERGNE | A new venue, including river and golf, in French region (8) |
| YORUBAN | Solver to prohibit including river from West Africa? |
| TORRENT | For hire, including river and stream (7) |
| TRAMPOLINE | It is used by acrobats including river in public transport route (10) |
| ASUNCION | Capital of Paraguay, on the Paraguay River near its confluence with the Pilcomayo (8) |
| AGARTALA | Capital of the state of Tripura in NE India, on the banks of the Haora River near the border with Bangladesh (8) |
| GRASMERE | Chat idly about river near simple home of Wordsworth |
| SMOLENSK | Russian city on the Dnieper River, near the Belarus border |
| SPORADIC | Scattered debris ultimately found by river near car I'd abandoned |
| CARLSBAD | A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border. |
| CRANBORNE | The river near Beacon twists and turns all the way to this village near Verwood (9) |
| CABARITA | Park suitable for a 1 across, on Parramatta River near Concord (8) |
| NEOSHO | River which joins the Arkansas River near Muskogee, Oklahoma (6) |
| LIMPOPO | River rising as the Crocodile River near Johannesburg (7) |
