| TANGRAM | Chinese puzzle found in Tibetan grammar (7) |
| DISTRACT | Puzzle found in copper's pamphlet (8) |
| ENIGMAS | Puzzles found in games (7) |
| SALT | Theme of this puzzle, found in the answers to 21-, 26-, 44- and 52-Across |
| MAZES | Puzzles found in corn fields reportedly (5) |
| HUFFANDPUFF | Catch your breath, or what the subject of this puzzle (found at the start of 17-, 29- and 45-Across) |
| TRANGAM | Word, similar to that of a Chinese puzzle, for a showy bauble, trinket, knick-knack or worthless article (7) |
| EVEREST | Mountain known as Qomolangma in Tibetan |
| BETA | A letter in Greek and in Tibetan (4) |
| IVORY | Material that was once carved to make Chinese puzzle balls |
| PANCHENLAMA | Second highest position in Tibetan Buddhism, whose 11th and current holder is Gedhun Choekyi Nyima (7,4) |
| PRAYERWHEEL | Devotional tool in Buddhism called a 'khor lo' in Tibetan (6,5) |
| TANTRA | Holy books in Tibetan translation (6) |
| BARDO | In Tibetan Buddhism, intermediate stage between death and rebirth (5) |
| TASHILAMA | Second highest in Tibetan Buddhism |
| MOUNTEVEREST | Peak called Chomolungma in Tibetan |
| BET | Take a punt in Tibetan river |
| ETA | Greek letter written in Tibetan? |
| LAMA | A teacher or guru in Tibetan Buddhism (4) |
| TSAMBA | Tango: dance seen in Tibetan balls? |
