| VARANASI | City in northern India regarded as the country's spiritual capital (8) |
| SETIF | Algerian city regarded as the country's trade capital |
| INDIA | Asian country whose spiritual capital is Varanasi (5) |
| DEHRADUN | Winter capital of the state of Uttarakhand (formerly Uttaranchal) in northern India (8) |
| SRINAGAR | Summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir in northern India (8) |
| TAJMAHAL | White marble mausoleum in northern India designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983 (3,5) |
| AGRA | City in Northern India on the Yamuna River, site of the Taj Mahal (4) |
| LUCKNOW | Which city in northern India is capital of the state of Uttar Pradesh? (7) |
| DELHI | City in Northern India (5) |
| KAMET | A mountain in the Himalayas in northern India (25,450 feet high). |
| ALIGARH | City in Uttar Pradesh in northern India (7) |
| RAJPUT | Member of the dominant Hindu military caste in northern India, especially Rajasthan and Saurashtra ( |
| PATNA | Capital of Bihar state in northern India (5) |
| PUNJAB | State in northern India whose capital is Chandigarh (6) |
| JUMNA | River in northern India whose confluence with the Ganges is held sacred (5) |
| ROMANY | What is the language spoken by an ethnic group which originated in northern India, but are now usually called gypsies? (6) |
| SITAR | Member of the lute family popular in northern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh and characterized by its deep pear-shaped gourd body, front and side tuning pegs, and a long, wide, hollow wooden neck. (5 |
| IMRANKHAN | Former Pakistan cricket captain, elected as the country's president in July |
| SINALOA | Coastal state of NW Mexico known as the country's breadbasket; capital, Culiacin (7) |
| YAIRLAPID | Israeli politician who served in 2022 as the country's 14th prime minister (4,5) |
