| DENTURE | Hollow beside River Plate |
| BEETLE | Little hollow beside root for insect (6) |
| AIRES | Argentina's River Plate city, Buenos ... |
| SEABATTLE | From River Plate, say, sailor enters American port |
| TRENCHER | Fish about to return around River Plate (8) |
| DEEMING | Considering River Plate from China (7) |
| DEEP | River Plate originally measuring many fathoms? (4) |
| PRIVATEER | Admiral finally leaves River Plate, manoeuvring armed vessel |
| GRAFSPEE | German ship lost in the Battle of the River Plate, 1939 |
| GRAF | The German battleship ... Spee was scuttled by her captain when she was trapped in the River Plate b |
| SPEE | German pocket battleship that was blown up after the Battle of the River Plate (4,4) |
| AJAX | British light cruiser which took part in the 1939 Battle of the River Plate against the German battleship Admiral Graf Spee (4) |
| EXETER | Heavy cruiser which, with 14Ac, took part in the Battle of the River Plate, suffering heavy damage (6) |
| LANZINI | Manuel, 2016-23 West Ham United midfielder resigned by River Plate (7) |
| RISOTTO | Heading west, sailor's leading series of races in Uruguay's River Plate |
| ACHILLES | New Zealand light cruiser which took part in the 1939 Battle of the River Plate (8) |
| QUAYLE | The 1957 documentary-style Battle Of The River Plate starred the young Anthony ... |
| SLIPSTREAM | Wash undergarment beside river (10) |
| FIELDMOUSE | Animal filmed wandering beside river (10) |
| STOREHOUSE | Granary others rebuilt beside river |
