| CONFIDENTIALLY | Convinced India and China in secret |
| SIAM | Neighbor of India and China in Risk |
| ESPECIALLY | Leader of EU introducing plan to link with India and China in particular (10) |
| IXIGO | Company that suspended flight and hotel bookings to Turkey, Azerbaijan, and China in response to current circumstances. (5) |
| IMBRICATE | Overlap of economic bloc - including India and China, excluding India and China (9) |
| OPIUMWARS | Hostilities between Britain and China in the mid-19th century (5,4) |
| ALLIED | Like the USA, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, and China in World War II |
| SENNA | Yellow flowered herb grown in India and China, whose leaves are used in herbal supplements (5) |
| IMITATE | Take off with it in India and China (7) |
| ESTIMATE | Judge is employed in France, India and China (8) |
| TEA | Popular drink in India and China |
| GUESTIMATE | In outburst, English, India and China make uninformed assessment |
| NEPAL | A small landlocked Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and China (5) |
| ASIA | Where India and China are |
| INDUS | Asian river which flows through Pakistan, India and China (5) |
| GUESSTIMATE | Shot of visitor touring southern India and China |
| LEGITIMATE | Run over India and China is sensible |
| DUBAI | Capital area between India and China to the north |
| BHUTAN | Neighbor of India and China |
| BRIC | Acronym for the four economic 'breakout nations', Brazil, Russia, India, and China (4) |
