| CHICKENPOX | Youngsters spotted with it cross Yellow River first (10,0) |
| YINDYNASTY | It ruled in the Yellow River valley, second millennium BC |
| FORTHRIGHT | Frank on one side of river first (10) |
| GRANDCANAL | Chinese waterway linking the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers |
| COMMANDING | Superior is coming about man spotted with diamonds (10) |
| BALL | No 7 - did it cross the line? (4) |
| CRUCIAL | Trying to make it cross (7) |
| RUDE | Impolite, and by the sound of it cross (4) |
| SHIPOFTHEDESERT | Does it cross oceans of sand? (4,2,3,6) |
| ORINOCO | At home with old officer south of Yellow River |
| HUANG | Yellow River also known as ___ He (The second longest river of China) |
| WEIR | Dam with extension in river, first of all |
| POSITION | Spot duck, it is back in river, first to nest (8) |
| POROUS | Endlessly stir up river first, it's spongy (6) |
| SMALLPOX | Second shopping centre, cross river first where there's contagious disease (8) |
| HWANG | Old name for China's Yellow River, ___ Ho |
| ASIA | Continent through which the Yangtze, Yellow River and Mekong flow (4) |
| HUANGHE | Chinese name for the Yellow River (5,2) |
| ZHENGZHOUCHINA | Province capital on the Yellow River |
| HUANGHO | Chinese name for the Yellow River (5,2) |
