| HYDERALI | Leader of resistance to the East India Company in 18th century Mysore (5,3) |
| HEREWARD | An 11th-century leader of resistance to the Normans, based at the Isle of Ely (8) |
| INDIAMAN | Large sailing ship trading for the East India Company before 1858 (8) |
| SINGAPORE | Now a city-state, it was founded by Stamford Raffles of the East India Company in the early 19th century (9) |
| URDU | Official language of Pakistan, chosen by the East India Company in 1837 to replace Persian (4) |
| ETHELRED | 9th-century king of Wessex who led the resistance to the Danish invasion of England (8) |
| CLIVE | Robert ---, agent of the East India Company and Commander-in-Chief of British India in 1756 (5) |
| SEATRADE | Business of the Dutch East India Company |
| PUNJAB | Region of north-west India annexed by the British East India Company in 1849 (6) |
| RAFFLES | A clerk in the East India Company who founded the modern state of Singapore (7) |
| RELAXING | Resistance to the Spanish getting rid of those taking it easy (8) |
| DANEGELD | Anglo-Saxon tax levied in resistance to the Vikings |
| SEDITION | The incitement of resistance to authority or a government (8) |
| NEWWORLD | Conquered lands and advanced with old leaders of resistance losing dogfight (3,5) |
| CAMEROON | Country advanced, after arresting leaders of resistance outfits (8) |
| PENANG | Malaysian state founded by the British East India Company in 1786 (6) |
| PEACOCK | Thomas Love ---, English novelist, poet and official of the East India Company (7) |
| DEFIANCE | Resistance to the German betrothed (8) |
| STARPAGODA | Coin worth approximately 8 shillings issued by the East India Company at Madras |
| SYCAMORE | Tree accountant planted in Mysore redevelopment |
