| CHAPRASSI | In India a messenger has Capris to turn around (9) |
| SHIKARGAH | In India, a game preserve (9) |
| INDONESIA | One is contracted in India, a populous country (9) |
| ARCHANGEL | Senior messenger has to alter a letter, finally left outside |
| WILLPOWER | How you control the urge to turn around energy bill (9) |
| PISTACHIO | Nut is chap to turn around unit (9) |
| SCRIPTURE | Dramatic words have to turn around some sacred texts (9) |
| ULANBATOR | With Conservative gone, New Labour act to turn around city |
| RICEPAPER | Prepare to turn around one hundred baking sheets |
| 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) |
| GHAT | In India, a mountain pass, a river landing place, or a cremation site |
| STEPNEY | In India a spare tyre for a motor vehicle (7) |
| BABU | In India, a title for a man (4) |
| MEMSAHIB | Formerly in India, a term of respect used of a European married woman |
| ALAAP | Opening in India a friend set up around acting |
| PUNKAH | In India, a large cloth fan on a frame suspended from the ceiling |
| FAKIR | In India, a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk regarded as a holy man (5) |
| LAGAAN | 2001 film subtitled Once Upon a Time in India; a 2002 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar nominee (6) |
| RANI | In India, a Rajah's wife |
| CHARPOY | In India a cot, or pay arranged after church (7) |
