| ASSAMESE | Citizen of a state in north-east India (30,285 sq miles; pop about 30 million (8) |
| NATIONAL | Citizen of a state (8) |
| PUNJABI | Citizen of a state partitioned when Pakistan was formed in 1947 (7) |
| OMANI | A citizen of a state on the Arabian peninsula whose capital is Muscat (5) |
| ASSAM | State in north-east India (30,289 sq miles; pop about 30 million) (5) |
| BIHAR | A state in north-east India (36,357 sq miles; pop over 100 million) (5) |
| MALAYSIA | Country in south-east Asia (127,720 sq miles; pop 30 million), independent since 1957 (8) |
| GHANA | A country in west Africa (92,497 sq miles; pop about 30 million), independent since 1957 (5) |
| NEPAL | Land-locked mountainous country in south Asia (56,956 sq miles; pop about 30 million) (5) |
| BAHIA | A state in north-east Brazil (218,431 sq miles; pop about 15 million) (5) |
| MAHARAJA | Ruler of a state in India |
| SRINAGAR | City in Jammu and Kashmir state in north-west India (8) |
| NEBRASKA | A banker's flustered state in North America (8) |
| DARJEELING | A high-quality black tea grown in an area of West Bengal in North East India (10) |
| KOHIMA | Capital of the state of Nagaland in north-east India, originally named Kewhira (6) |
| PEARL | Member of a state in central Mexico that was conquered by Cortes in 1521, followed by an oyster gem - as in the cultivar of Choisya x dewitteana (5,5) |
| AZTEC | Member of a state in central Mexico that was conquered by Cortes in 1521, followed by an oyster gem - as in the cultivar of Choisya x dewitteana (5,5) |
| SD | A state in north central United States. |
| LAO | Language of about 30 million Asians |
| ODISHA | State of north-east India on the Bay of Bengal; capital, Bhubaneswar (6) |
