| PATNAIK | 14th Chief Minister of Odisha |
| ORISSA | Former name of the state of Odisha in India (6) |
| ASSAM | The person who was just reelected as the president of the Badminton Association of India happens to be the chief minister of this State. (5) |
| RICHELIEU | Cardinal ?, chief minister of Louis XIII of France from 1624-42 |
| DEWITT | Jan, chief minister of the United Provinces of the Netherlands from 1653-72 (2,4) |
| IMHOTEP | Chief minister of the Egyptian pharaoh Djoser (2630-2611 BC), posthumously identified with Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine (7) |
| DEWAN | Formerly, chief minister of an Indian state |
| SARMA | Current Chief Minister of Assam (Last name) |
| YOGI | ___ Adityanath - 23rd Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh |
| JAGAN | 17th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (first name) |
| YADAV | 20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh |
| JYOTIBASU | Ex-Chief Minister of West Bengal (5,4) |
| IANGORST | The Chief Minister of Jersey from November 2011 (3,5) |
| MANN | Bhagwant ____, Indian politician who is the 17th Chief Minister of Punjab (left in the image) |
| KCR | Indian politician serving as the first Chief Minister of Telangana (initials) |
| UMA | ___ Bharti, Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh |
| ACTON | Sir John, English naval officer who was the chief minister of Naples from 1779-1806 (5) |
| PURI | Port in Odisha, India on the Bay of Bengal housing the Jagannath Temple (4) |
| HYDERABAD | City where Priyanka Chopra was in for the shoot of 'SSMB29' before going to Odisha. (9) |
| PURIFY | City in Odisha - extremely filthy or clean? (6) |
