| PATRIARCH | Founder Patrick found valley and river before church (9) |
| PEACE | Quiet on river before church produces this? |
| LOIRE | French wine valley and river |
| RHONDDA | Valley and river of noble descent join up (7) |
| EVERGREEN | Plant eastern bank over river before erosion at the sides (9) |
| ADVENTURE | Exploit opening, carried by Sussex river before conclusion of race |
| GREATGLEN | Containing Loch Ness and parts of the Grampian Mountains, a valley and geological fault extending from Moray Firth to Loch Linnhe (5,4) |
| AUSTRALIA | With 60 wine regions including Barossa Valley and Coonawarra, one of the countries forming Oceania (9) |
| BLUEBELLS | English -; fragrant flowers of ancient woodlands forming violet carpets under shady canopies in spring, often with ferns, lilies of the valley and ramsons (9) |
| STRUDWICK | Wally Lewis' first captain at Valleys and 1979 BRL winning captain-coach, Ross ... (9) |
| RELIEFMAP | A chart indicating a terrain's hills, mountains, valleys and other three-dimensional topography by means of colours, hachures and shading, rather than contour lines alone (6,3) |
| CLYDESDALE | Carthorse coming from river before second valley (10) |
| OUSEL | Bird found river before loch (5) |
| PRISTINE | What was the condition of the Mcantsi River before municipal sewage polluted and damaged it? (8) |
| LARVA | Left a river before five with a grub |
| RURALIST | Who might show an inclination to put river before city? (8) |
| TERRACE | Row in edges of the river before competition |
| OUSELS | Birds left river before heading south |
| EXPEDITE | Penny in river before tide turns has to speed up (8) |
| CAMBODIA | Country fellow following river before Italy meets Austria (8) |
