| TOWNSMAN | Central Hotel has chief kick out KrisKross - a resident of Chennai, say |
| ITE | Suffix for resident of Chennai or Delhi |
| CAPITALS | About fellow student escaping perils in Bangalore and Chennai, say (8) |
| DESI | Chap from Chennai, say |
| SCOOTING | Fraud has chief operating officer on the run (8) |
| TOPIC | Subject has chief in charge (5) |
| MADRAS | Former name of Chennai, the capital of the Indian state Tamil Nadu; or, a variety of curry (6) |
| STAGNANT | Still, it's a party for mum's mum at the Central Hotel (8) |
| HEARTMONITORS | Get word to Central Hotel security cameras - they are watching the atrium perhaps (5,8) |
| SETASIDE | Reserve central hotel in Margate perhaps (3,5) |
| TASTY | Nice stay, possibly, at the central hotel (5) |
| CHILLI | Kind of pepper from mount in outskirts of Chennai (6) |
| BLUEROCK | Bird, a species of chat, which is a resident of Mallorca and can be seen in mountainous areas of the island such as Boquer and Formentor in the north east (4,4,6) |
| THRUSH | Bird, a species of chat, which is a resident of Mallorca and can be seen in mountainous areas of the island such as Boquer and Formentor in the north east (4,4,6) |
| OSAKAN | Kaye has a son with a resident of Japan? (6) |
| HEARTH | Warm spot for Central Hotel (6) |
| INNER | Central hotel vacant earlier (5) |
| THREAD | Heard construction below central hotel plot (6) |
| NASSER | ___ Hussain, England former cricket captain born in the Indian city of Chennai in 1968 (6) |
| CHOSE | Elected leaders of Chennai hosting one show exclusively... (5) |
