| ANDSOFORTH | A don's travelling by river etc (3,2,5) |
| ENRAPTURE | Send parent travelling by river |
| TOUR | For trip out, travelling by river (4) |
| WARRIOR | Brave reading and writing in Iowa travelling by river (7) |
| WATERFRONT | Part of a town on a river, etc |
| SPANISHFLY | What was considered an aphrodisiac nightly unbuttoned by a Don Juan? (7,3) |
| LADYKILLER | Bluebeard was a Don Juan (4-6) |
| WHITENOISE | 2022 film adapted from a Don DeLillo novel, starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig (5,5) |
| ESTACADE | A dike of piles in a morass, river, etc, against an enemy (8) |
| ARTERY | A large road, river etc (6) |
| BRIDGE | Connection crossing river etc (6) |
| DREDGE | Scoop out (bed of harbour, river, etc.) |
| FERRY | Transport across river etc (5) |
| DREDGER | A boat designed for removing debris from the bottom of lakes, rivers, etc. (7) |
| NOWADAYS | A don's way strange for these times (8) |
| CHAIR | Yet this may increase a don's standing (5) |
| SOANDSO | Thus a don's possibly one unfavourably regarded (2-3-2) |
| CANTINA | Professional language in a don's local? |
| HEADOFF | Fellow - a don's counterpart - you've got to intercept |
| ODYSSEAN | Like extensive wanderings? Yes, a don's travels |
