| JAGAN | 17th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (first name) |
| MANN | Bhagwant ____, Indian politician who is the 17th Chief Minister of Punjab (left in the image) |
| RAHUL | Opposition leader whose nationwide march Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra entered the state of Uttar Pradesh. (First name) (5) |
| MADRAS | A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh). |
| VIJAYAWADA | City in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh (10) |
| APPAREL | Outfit of Andhra Pradesh seen at Mumbai suburb (7) |
| TELUGU | Language of Andhra Pradesh |
| LOKESH | Andhra Pradesh IT Minister who highlighted progress in literacy. (First name) (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 |
| SARMA | Current Chief Minister of Assam (Last name) |
| YOGI | ___ Adityanath - 23rd Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh |
| KCR | Indian politician serving as the first Chief Minister of Telangana (initials) |
| UMA | ___ Bharti, Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh |
| YADAV | 20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh |
| MSK | This former Test cricketer from Andhra Pradesh also donned the role of the chief of the National Selection Committee from 2016 to 2020 (1,1,1) |
| PRASAD | This former Test cricketer from Andhra Pradesh also donned the role of the chief of the National Selection Committee from 2016 to 2020 (6) |
| ALARM | Leaders of Andhra lack any rationale; maybe a distress signal? (5) |
| ATHENA | ...later within borders of Andhra find a deity (6) |
| DEWITT | Jan, chief minister of the United Provinces of the Netherlands from 1653-72 (2,4) |
