| BAYOFBENGAL | Burma and Bangladesh lie on this inlet of the Indian Ocean (3,2,6) |
| SOLWAYFIRTH | The Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve is on the shoreline of this inlet of the Irish Sea |
| RIA | Sounds like back water in this inlet (3) |
| GULFOFMEXICO | Louisiana and Yucatan both lie on this ocean basin |
| SODIUMPENTOTHAL | It's hard to lie on this hot planet's ground, harbouring ill-will (6,9) |
| TRUTHDRUG | It's hard to lie on this floor covering with tasselled edges (5,4) |
| MAPUTOBAY | Inlet of the Indian Ocean on the southern coast of Mozambique, location of the country's largest port (6,3) |
| PERSIANGULF | Shallow arm of the Indian Ocean between SW Iran and the Arabian Peninsula (7,4) |
| BRAHMAPUTRA | Great river of India and Bangladesh (11) |
| REDSEA | Inlet of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia (3,3) |
| THEREDSEA | Inlet of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia, 2,250 km in length (3,3,3) |
| ANNA | Shake Nana to get the former monetary unit of the India, Burma and Pakistani (4) |
| IBRAHIM | Identify the first name of this cricketer who won the player of the ODI series between Afghanistan and Bangladesh in UAE in October 2025. (7) |
| SITAR | Member of the lute family popular in northern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh and characterized by its deep pear-shaped gourd body, front and side tuning pegs, and a long, wide, hollow wooden neck. (5 |
| TAIJUL | Who won the player of the match award in the second Test between the West Indies and Bangladesh in Kingston recently? (6) |
| JANGOO | Who scored an unbeaten hundred on his ODI debut and won player of the match award, too, in the third ODI between West Indies and Bangladesh in Basseterre in December 2024? (6) |
| PATHUM | Identify the first name of the batter who scored the most runs in the two-test series in June 2025 between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. (6) |
| BENGAL | The Bay of -- is the part of the Indian Ocean which receives the waters of the River Ganges (6) |
| THAILAND | Thousands of Allied prisoners were forced to work in thick jungle to construct a railway between Burma and this nation once known as Siam |
| JAISWAL | Who was adjudged the Player of the Match in the second Test held between India and Bangladesh in Kanpur? (8,7) |
