A simple solution

[bloater]

Answers are in someway connected to water,rivers, bodies of water, fact or fiction, sayings, songs, people and novels.

30. Drakes last resting place (6,2,4,3)
31. A final, decisive defeat (8)
38. The Turkish Oxford! (3,9)
43. Lake? - No! (5,5,)
45. Indication of indifference (5,3,1,5,4)
50. Final trip for firewood! (4)

Any suggestions greatly appreciated!

[mike11111]

31 Waterloo

[mike11111]

45 Water off a duck's back

[Bummle]

45 water of a duck's back

[Psybbo]

43 lough neagh

[Brenden]

Saw the answer to 30 on here over the weekend, the answer is in spanish or portugese

[weecalf]

50 styx ?

[bloater]

thanks everyone!

[TheWinner]

30. was answered as: Nombre De Dios Bay

credit goes to paddywak

[mike11111]

Styx - I like it! Well done weecalf.

I'm thinkingThe Bosphorus for 38 but can't explain why.

[kettledrum]

Well done Mike! Bosphorus is a translation from the Greek of 'ox ford'

[Fibonacci]

The etymology of the word Bosphorus comes from the Greek mythology, Era chasing Io, for his idyll with Zeus, transformed her into a cow and to avoid the wrath of the goddess, the poor animal was forced to cross the strait which took the name of Bosphorus : The ford of the cow (bos =cow ; phorus = ford) like Oxford in England.

[mike11111]

Of course, I should have known that, having done Greek A Level many years ago.

[kettledrum]

...from Brewer. Zeus, enamoured of Io, changed her into a white heifer from fear of Hera, to flee from whom Io swam across the strait, which was thence called "boos poros" or 'ford of the cow'

[mike11111]

My mythology is very hazy now, but did not Zeus transform himself into a bull (bos) in order to have his wicked way with Io?

[kettledrum]

I think he was pursuing Europa then.

[mike11111]

You're right. I plead advanced age.

[bloater]

You're all much to clever for me!! Interesting though.