| MANCHESTERSHIPCANAL | Waterway connecting a northern city to the sea (10,4,5) |
| RIPON | Northern city to continue splitting? (5) |
| PLUG | Seedling grown in a tray; device connecting a flex to a wall socket; a good word; or, a bung for a basin (4) |
| SUEZCANAL | Waterway connecting the Mediterranean with the Red Sea (4,5) |
| YORKER | Delivery of a herbal extract to a northern city (6) |
| KNUCKLE | A joint of a finger, especially the one connecting a finger to the hand (7) |
| STLAWRENCE | US waterway connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean, ... River (2,8) |
| CANAL | Waterway connecting the Mediterranean and Red Seas, the Suez ... |
| CANONLAW | Read about a Northern city beginning to waive church rules (5,3) |
| PRESTON | Almost 25 quid to tour Settle and a northern city (7) |
| LEEDS | Sad end amongst the dregs of a northern city (5) |
| ANNAPOLIS | A northern city in Italy’s the state capital |
| NAMUR | Hold up spirit linked to a northern city in Belgium (5) |
| SUEZ | Waterway connecting the Red and Mediterranean seas, ... Canal |
| ERIECANAL | Waterway connecting Great Lakes to Atlantic via Hudson River (4,5) |
| PANAMACANAL | 51-mile-long engineered waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (6,5) |
| FLYUPTO | Visit, as a northern city, perhaps |
| ANECDOTES | A northern city shows excessive affection for tales (9) |
| NEWCASTLE | Lewes can't be mistaken for a northern city (9) |
| ASUNDER | Apart from a northern city with no land |
