| BIHAR | A state of North East India, part of the Ganges plain (5) |
| COOCH | & 15D Former state of NE India; part of West Bengal since 1950 (5,5) |
| COOCHBEHAR | Former state of NE India; part of West Bengal since 1950 |
| ASSAM | A state of North East India which produces large quantities of tea (5) |
| BEHAR | Former state of north east India that has been part of West Bengal since 1950 (5.5) |
| AMAPA | A state of North Brazil, on the Amazon delta (5) |
| PADMA | The sacred lotus in Hinduism and Buddhism; or, a branch of the Ganges (5) |
| SURGE | Bound to jump the source of the Ganges in flood (5) |
| UTTAR | --- Pradesh, densely populated state of North India, the capital of which is Lucknow (5) |
| ODISHA | State of north-east India on the Bay of Bengal; capital, Bhubaneswar (6) |
| INDIA | Land of the Ganges |
| IDAHO | Gemstone State of North West US, the capital of which is Boise (5) |
| PATNA | Capital of the state of Bihar in NE India, on the Ganges River (5) |
| BAYER | ..... Leverkusen, German football club based in the state of North RhineWestphalia (5) |
| SIKKIM | State of north-east India, capital Gangtok (6) |
| JUMNA | River in N India also called the Yamuna that joins the Ganges at Allahabad (5) |
| BENGAL | Former province of N.E. India in the deltas of the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers (6) |
| NEWHAMPSHIRE | State of North East USA, the capital of which is Concord (3,9) |
| PUNJABI | Person from a state of north-west India (7) |
| DELTA | The Ganges _____ (the world's largest triangular landform) |
