| PIGEONS | The 1978 Bollywood film Junoon is based on Bond's historical novel A Flight of _______ |
| TALEOF | One of Dickens' historical novels, A ... Two Cities (4,2) |
| CHINSTRAP | Something to keep a lid on bonds, barring a pitfall (9) |
| THEBUMBLEBEE | Flight Of ___, orchestral interlude by the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (3,6,3) |
| FINALISE | Settle on Bond's boss being removed from the unruly semifinal (8) |
| PADMASHRI | Civilian award conferred on Bond by the Government of India in 1999; he also won the Padma Bhushan in 2014 |
| PAROLEES | Rose with plea about those released on bond (8) |
| PAROLE | Prisoner's release on bond (6) |
| WING | Flock of plovers; a flight of dragons; either of the two lateral petals of a sweet pea flower; or, a piece of theatrical side scenery (4) |
| TEAM | Meaning "childbearing", a word originally for a brood or litter, later a set of draught animals working in a harness together; a flight of ducks or geese; or, a squad of athletes (4) |
| MUMBAI | Indian city that is the centre of the Bollywood film industry (6) |
| INDIA | The Bollywood film industry is part of popular culture in this country |
| NEWELPOST | The upright at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs, supporting a handrail (5,4) |
| NEWEL | What is a post at the head or foot of a flight of stairs? (5) |
| SUDHIR | Stage name of Bhagwandas Mulchand Luthria, a Bollywood film actor in over 200 films |
| STAIR | One of a flight of steps; or, in the Scots language, the entire series of said treads, from landing to floor (5) |
| VOLLEY | From "to fly", a flight of arrows, bullets or other missiles; a flying shot in soccer or tennis; or, a salvo of barks, curses, questions, words or the like (6) |
| STAIRS | A flight of steps connecting the floors of a building (6) |
| STAIRROD | Device used to secure a carpet on a flight of steps (5-3) |
| EPIC | Like many a Bollywood film |
