- Cleared (a river) - Cleared a channel - Doctor crept along and cleaned river - Prepared for a battering? - Removed silt - Sprinkled with flour - of Dredge
- Clear river bottom - Clear the bed of (a harbour, say) - Doctor crept along and cleaned river - Doctor needs fringe comb - Drag doctor to brink - Dragnet - Excavate (mud)
- Avoided decision - Behaved like a fund manager and was laid off - Fenced with bushes - Guarded against risk or loss - Hindu leader crept along and avoided answering the question - of Hedge