| AUGEANSTABLES | Corrupt characters from USA, East Bengal, that Labour cleaned out |
| SITUATIONCOMEDY | Spoof on domesticity including odd characters from USA? |
| NUMBERCRUNCHING | Corrupt characters from Munich and Nurnberg - inwardly cold and calculating |
| WORKETHIC | Belief that labour enriches one's moral character (4,5) |
| KNOWLEDGE | Recognise that labour leader has advantage - information |
| TAROTCARDS | Cheers corrupt characters that deal out fortunes (5,5) |
| CHELA | Disciple from East Bengal finally recruited by Earl Grey, say |
| BANGLADESH | Modern name for country formerly named East Pakistan and East Bengal. (10) |
| ROTTEN | Corrupt characters were feeling dreadful (6) |
| HERRERA | Who scored a hat-trick, the first in this season's ISL, for Goa against East Bengal, on 27th September 2024? (7) |
| PALKSTRAIT | Inlet of the Bay of Bengal that separates SE India from northern Sri Lanka (4,6) |
| RHODEISLANDRED | Colourful fowl from the US east coast |
| ANDAMAN | The ... Islands are a group in the Bay of Bengal that include the settlement of Port Blair (7) |
| PLASSEY | Village in Bengal that was the scene of Clive's 1757 victory which established British supremacy over India (7) |
| FLYTRAP | The Venus ___ is a carnivorous plant native to the US east coast (7) |
| SUSQUEHANNA | Longest river on the US east coast, by which Chesapeake Bay is fed (11) |
| BOSTONTEAPARTY | 1773 demonstration on the US East Coast (6,3,5) |
| DEPTH | One doesn't expect it from "USA Today" articles |
| AERIALIST | Top performer from USA is a retail hit (9) |
| ALEUTIANISLANDS | Various components from USA installed in a volcanic archipelago near Alaska (8,7) |
