| SHEILAS | Hassle travelling around India for Victorian women? (7) |
| LADYORCHID | A magnificent epiphytic wild flower, often two feet high or more, named for the shape of its blooms, fancied to resemble bonneted Victorian women in spotted crinolined gowns (4,6) |
| HAIRNET | Lock-keeper from Tehran travelling around India |
| EMAIL | Travelling around India, male's communication via Internet (1-4) |
| LUMINANCE | Brightness displayed by uncle, man travelling around India (9) |
| TEAGOWN | Dress for Victorian ladies for informal parties at home |
| NANKEEN | Yellowy-buff-coloured cloth that was used for Victorian men's trousers and breeches whose name derives from the Chinese city from which it came (7) |
| VANDALS | V5 Take a minute, working with weight for Victorian novel (9) |
| STIMULI | Slum it travelling across India for kicks (7) |
| STOIC | Turns up spaces to sleep in around India for the long-suffering (5) |
| LIGHTYEAR | Lethargy when running around India for a great distance |
| LILAC | Recall name around India for small tree (5) |
| CHIEFS | Cooks around India for important people (6) |
| BLIGHTY | From Urdu for "foreign, European" a word, first used by British troops in India, for England, later extending into the First Word War to mean a wound necessitating one's return home (7) |
| TERMINI | Word in India for transport hubs (7) |
| DISDAIN | I leave Sid in India for showing such haughty contempt (7) |
| FASCISM | Fellow orchestrating scams across India for authoritarian rule (7) |
| CROATIA | Terrible actor content to leave India for another country (7) |
| VICEROY | British ruler in India, for one |
| EGOTISM | Selfishness, for example, most in play around India (7) |