| POURER | Three rivers, one gushing (6) |
| SEVERN | Rivers one among 7 (6) |
| ROUSES | Confluence of three rivers that's astonishing (6) |
| PODIUM | Stage in river's one in rising mud |
| ESKIMO | One with little time by river (one from the North) (6) |
| AROUSE | Turn on a river, one that's great? (6) |
| CRISIS | Cold river, one in Oxford, creates emergency (6) |
| ALEXEI | A Russian river, one to the east of a lake (6) |
| POISON | Toxin is entering river, one with no end of slime (6) |
| ORIOLE | Tree-dwelling bird over river, one with triumphant cry (6) |
| DECODE | Fish in a river one will convert to plain language (6) |
| ORIGIN | Source of short river, one near the drink |
| OHIO | One of the three rivers of Three Rivers Stadium |
| RURAL | Country's rivers (one short, one long) |
| STAYER | Short series about Scottish river, one running over a long distance? |
| RIPSAW | Insect surfacing under river, one that has gone through wood? |
| RUSK | Food found in two rivers (one short, one Welsh) (4) |
| PORTRAY | Picture four rivers, one flowing into another (7) |
| INSURER | In the south, two rivers: one will provide cover |
| REINDEER | Caribou seen in three rivers, including German one (8) |
