| WHARFE | Yorkshire river - also sounds like a landing-stage (6) |
| ARR | Exclamation from a pirate (that also sounds like a letter) |
| TOO | Also sounds like a pair (3) |
| EDDY | Word meaning "whirlpool" that also sounds like a man's name |
| ARARAT | Two artists coming in at a landing-stage (6) |
| PIER | Also called a landing-stage, jetty or promenade, a platform projecting from a shore into a sea or a river (4) |
| THAMES | River also known as the Isis within Oxford's boundaries (6) |
| HOTPOTATO | A controversial issue that no one wants to deal with, might also sound like a just-cooked vegetable (3,6) |
| RANDRY | To west of railway, river also stopped flowing |
| INIAD | A poem also sounds like an electrode (5) |
| ANODE | A poem also sounds like an electrode (5) |
| RAPIER | On landing stage, artillery weapon |
| WHARF | A landing stage, quay or staithe parallel to a shoreline for docking, filling and unloading ships (5) |
| PONTOON | Card game, or a flat-bottomed boat used to form a landing stage (7) |
| WHARFINGER | Owner of a landing stage; Graf, her win (anag.) (10) |
| JETTY | A landing stage or small pier at which boats can dock (5) |
| WHARFS | Waterfront landing stages (6) |
| ERIE | One of the Great Lakes, also sounds a bit spooky |
| MISSISSIPPI | US. state named after a river Also a 'mud pie'! (11) |
| YANGTZE | Name a Chinese river also called the Chang (7) |
