| BRIC | Acronym for the four economic 'breakout nations', Brazil, Russia, India, and China (4) |
| FABRIC | Make-up of foreign footballers from Brazil, Russia, India and China (6) |
| EGOT | Acronym for the four major awards in the entertainment industry |
| STEM | Education-policy acronym for the four fields featured in this puzzle |
| SIAM | Neighbor of India and China on a Risk board |
| INNS | Collective name for the four legal societies in London (4,2,5) |
| ASIA | Where India and China are |
| NEED | "Baby I ___ Your Loving" (hit song for the Four Tops) |
| ROAD | Parting guests used to take 'one for the --' (4) |
| ELLA | Girl whose name is two Spanish words for "the" (4) |
| DOLL | "Rag ___"; hit song for the Four Seasons |
| IMBRICATE | Overlap of economic bloc - including India and China, excluding India and China (9) |
| NEPAL | Country landlocked by India and China with the capital Kathmandu (5) |
| IMITATE | Follow in the footsteps of Italian visiting India and China |
| DUBAI | Capital area between India and China to the north |
| OLDSONG | It's The Same ___: 1965 hit for The Four Tops (3,4) |
| IBANEZ | Surname of the Spanish novelist famous for The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse (6) |
| INDUS | Asian river which flows through Pakistan, India and China (5) |
| ESTIMATE | Judge is employed in France, India and China (8) |
| ESPECIALLY | Leader of EU introducing plan to link with India and China in particular (10) |
