| DARJEELING | High-quality black tea grown in an area of West Bengal in north-east India (10) |
| ACTON | A mountain in Antarctica - or an area of west London (5) |
| EAST | Location of West Bengal in the Indian Map |
| ORANGEPEKOE | High quality black tea grown in India and Sri Lanka (6,5) |
| ASSAM | High-quality black tea from NE India, a variety of Camellia sinensis (5) |
| PEKOE | High-quality black tea made from the downy tips of young buds (5) |
| BOHEA | Category of black tea grown in the Wuyi Mountains, China |
| KOHIMA | Capital of the state of Nagaland in north-east India, originally named Kewhira (6) |
| BENARES | Former name of the city of Varanasi in north-east India (7) |
| ORISSA | Former name of a state on Bay of Bengal in eastern India (6) |
| ASSAMESE | Citizen of a state in north-east India (30,285 sq miles; pop about 30 million (8) |
| PEAR | Depicted in botanical art, breakfast pieces or still lifes, a pome grown in an orchard or in the espalier-style (4) |
| SHEPHERDSBUSH | Area of west London, location of Loftus Road Stadium, home of Queen's Park Rangers (9,4) |
| PLUG | Bung for a sink or basin; or, a seedling grown in an individual compartment of a tray (4) |
| GANGES | River of Asia that enters the Bay of Bengal in a great delta (6) |
| KERALA | It beat West Bengal in the Santosh Trophy finals. (6) |
| EASTINDIA | West Bengal, in part, surprisingly |
| CEYLON | A historical name for Sri Lanka; or, fine-quality black tea from this land (6) |
| BIHAR | A state in north-east India (36,357 sq miles; pop over 100 million) (5) |
| OOLONG | Kind of dark tea grown in China that is partly fermented before being dried (6) |
