| CHARPOY | In India a cot, or pay arranged after church (7) |
| SALARIED | Son left South Africa, in short, to get a rise on basic pay arranged (8) |
| MILITARYPOLICE | More illicit pay arranged for MP |
| STEPNEY | In India a spare tyre for a motor vehicle (7) |
| CRIB | Word for a wickerwork basket; a manger for fodder; an ox-stall; a cabin or a hovel; a child's bed or a baby's cot; or, a Nativity display or creche with a manger as a bed (4) |
| KARAOKE | Type of entertainment Korea arranged after a king returned (7) |
| DIVERGE | Separate cover arranged after identification came up (7) |
| TWADDLE | Make progress on short legs on back of cot or bunk |
| CATHODE | Pole in a battery and a cot he'd used (7) |
| TOCCATA | Composition of a cat back in a cot (7) |
| CRADLES | Name the little cots or beds for infants (7) |
| SANSA | A culturally diverse word/name meaning praise or charm in India; a mbira or thumb piano in Africa; a sweet apple in Japan; or, the eventual queen of House Stark's Winterfell (5) |
| OLDLADY | Jolly dad arranged after leaving Japan for mother (3,4) |
| FORSTER | English author whose novels A Passage to India, A Room with a View and Howard's End were adapted to film, the latter two noted here by James Ivory (7) |
| ABRADER | Worn-down artist died in a cot (7) |
| CRIBBED | Put in a cot (7) |
| STRATUM | A cot finally brought into play -- bed (7) |
| COTTAGE | Get a cot made for rural home (7) |
| NIGERIA | Regina prepared to tour India, a Commonwealth country |
| GHAT | In India, a mountain pass, a river landing place, or a cremation site |