Rivers (part 2)

[Lorcan]

The answers are all the names of rivers:

1. American plunged in this one (4 letters)

2. A dirty shirt will conceal it (6)

3. Cut up the map (6)

4. Is Idi raking around to find this? (9)

5. Under poetic language (6)

7. You simply must find it here! (4)

8. True shape will be altered by this river (9)

9. Take hames from the store (5)

10. Big, French & female (6)

11. The newspaperman has a point in one month (6)

12. Thomas Hardy's was an Angel (5)

[seabrook]

8) Euphrates (ang. true shape)

[kayakamina]

1 Dove

[Quizmonkey]

7 = Plym (hidden)

[Quizmonkey]

11 = Medway (Ed + W in May)

[kayakamina]

3 irtysh

[Quizmonkey]

10 = Grande (as in Rio Grande) - French for big (feminine form)

[Quizmonkey]

12 = Clare (Thomas Hardy character)

[Quizmonkey]

9 - I think you've mistyped this - should be hams, not hames. In which case the answer is Deben (Debenhams without the hams)

[Lorcan]

Thanks hugely all. QM, it definitely says hames on my sheet but I'll still readily trust your answer.

[seabrook]

4) Indigirka (anag. idi raking) river is in Asia

[kayakamina]

No 5 You state 6 letters but Neath [ poetic under] fits the definition . Can you check your sheet?

River Neath in S.Wales

[Lorcan]

Thanks again. Yes, it was a typo and Neath sounds perfect.