| VATICAN | ___ City, seat of the Roman Catholic Church on the west bank of the River Tiber (7) |
| VATICANCITY | The seat of the Roman Catholic Church, and an enclave in Rome, situated on the west bank of the Tiber River. (7,4) |
| BETHANY | Village on the west bank of the River Jordan, home of Lazarus (7) |
| NEWNHAM | Location of tunnel close to the west bank of the River Severn (7) |
| AVIGNON | French city, seat of the papacy in the 14th century (7) |
| ETRURIA | Ancient country of central Italy between the Rivers Tiber and Arno (7) |
| CAPITAL | Principal city, seat of government (7) |
| BOAVISTA | Capital of Roraima, the northernmost state of Brazil, on the west bank of the Branco River (3,5) |
| OMAHA | Largest city of Nebraska, in the east on the west bank of the Missouri River (5) |
| CHELSEA | Football team go to church on the Spanish main (7) |
| CHINESE | Eastern church on the Seine, possibly (7) |
| RANCHER | Farmer hurried to church on the outskirts of Esker |
| GIZA | Egyptian city on the west bank of the River Nile and site of three Great Pyramids (4) |
| OMDURMAN | Most populous city of Sudan, on the west bank of the River Nile opposite Khartoum (8) |
| STTHOMAS | The part of Exeter on the west bank of the Exe (2,6) |
| ASSUR | Earliest capital of Assyria, on the west bank of the Tigris river in modern-day Iraq (5) |
| SPHINXOFGIZA | The Great ___, limestone statue of a mythological creature, on the West Bank of the Nile (6,2,4) |
| REBIRTH | River - Tiber - new height at new appearance |
| ROME | City set on the banks of the River Tiber |
| OSTIA | The name of this ancient Roman port on the river Tiber is derived from the Latin word for mouth |