| KODAGU | Administrative district in Karnataka, India, also known by its anglicised former name of Coorg |
| MYSORE | Former name of the city regarded as the cultural capital of Karnataka, India |
| THUJA | Either spelling of the evergreen conifer also known by its Latin name arbor vitae (tree of life) (5) |
| ROESELARE | City in Belgium also known by its French name Roulers (9) |
| SWR | One of the 18 railway zones in India, headquartered at Hubballi in Karnataka (Abbr.) |
| PERSIMMON | Yellowy-orange tomato-like berry also known by its Japanese name kaki (9) |
| PLOVER | Green -; northern lapwing, also known by its onomatopoeic name as the peewit (6) |
| MOCK | - moon; bright patch on a lunar halo, also known by its scientific name paraselene (4) |
| OBLAST | Administrative district in some republics of the former Soviet Union (6) |
| FORGETMENOT | Also known by its botanical name Myosotis, a spring flower with tiny china-blue petals, used to symbolise hope, true love or remembrance (6-2-3) |
| YMCA | Org. also known by its first letter |
| ZILA | Historic administrative district in British India (4) |
| TALUK | Administrative district in India |
| LINDSEY | Administrative district in Lincolnshire where Northern and TPE trains operate (7) |
| SILK | With a rustling sound described as "frou-frou", textile woven or made in the process of sericulture in places including Karnataka in India, Suzhou in China and Sudbury in England (4) |
| UDAIPUR | Former state of north-west India also called Mewar (7) |
| KASHMIR | The partition which produced the nations of Pakistan and India also left this beautiful Himalayan area in dispute |
| DEPARTMENT | Administrative district in France (10) |
| SHIRE | Administrative district in a county |
| PARISH | Small administrative district in EU capital with hotel (6) |
