| LORELEI | Siren said to lure boatmen to their doom from a rock on the bank of the Rhine |
| RHINE | The Lorelei is a high rock on the bank of this river (5) |
| STONEFISH | A venomous tropical marine fish that resembles a rock on the seabed (9) |
| ROLLINGSTONE | A rock, on the move (7,5) |
| MAINZ | Capital of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in W Germany, on the left bank of the Rhine River (5) |
| EPERNAY | Town on the bank of the River Marne in France that is a centre of the champagne industry (7) |
| BONN | City on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine Westphalia (4) |
| MUSEEDORSAY | Museum in Paris on the bank of the Seine that houses the largest collection of impressionist and post-Impressionist masterpieces in the world: 2 wds. |
| RUNNYMEDE | A meadow on the bank of the Thames near Windsor, where King John acceded to Magna Carta in 1215 (9) |
| SIREN | Word, derived from the mythological bird-women whose singing lured sailors to their doom on rocks, for a warning device such as an air-raid alarm, foghorn or tocsin (5) |
| PIEDPIPER | Leader (from Hamelin?) who entices people to follow him to their doom (4,5) |
| NEUSS | An industrial city in Germany, on the west bank of the Rhine (5) |
| ERODE | City in Tamil Nadu, India, on the bank of the River Cauvery (5) |
| TOWEROFLONDON | Fortification on the bank of the River Thames featuring Yeoman Warders (5,2,6) |
| SIRENSONG | Music reputed to lure mariners to their doom |
| RUHR | Mining and industrial region on the right bank of the Rhine (4) |
| SEELEY | IV town built on the bank of the now dead Blue Lake |
| TAJMAHAL | Attraction on the bank of the Yamuna River |
| MIT | Sch. on the bank of the Charles River |
| UTEP | Sch. on the bank of the Rio Grande |
