| BINDI | In the Hindu tradition, a jewel or vermilion dot applied to the forehead (5) |
| BIJOU | French word for a jewel or trinket, such as a "finger ring", thus used to denote something dainty or small, such as an elegant pied-a-terre (5) |
| PAINT | Artist's pigment mixed on a palette in colours such as burnt umber, yellow ochre or vermilion (5) |
| NEWBY | Travel writer noted for A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush and A Small Place in Italy (5) |
| INDRA | The king of the gods in the Hindu Rig-Veda, associated with the rain and thunder (5) |
| HORSA | According to tradition, a 5th Century warrior and brother of Hengist, who took part in the invasion and conquest of Britain (5) |
| LOUPE | Word for a lumpy gem first, now a goldsmith, jeweller or horologist's "eye-opening" magnifying glass with which to inspect fine jewels or details (5) |
| STONE | Jewel or gem; or, a cherry pip (5) |
| SHIVA | God known as The Destroyer in the Hindu religion (5) |
| ORION | Star constellation resembling, in European tradition, a hunter |
| BOTOX | Shot to the forehead? |
| POTATO | Informal word for a large hole in a sock or stocking; or, according to Icelandic tradition, a vegetable left by the Yule Lads in a shoe of a naughty child at Christmas (6) |
| SUDRA | Lowest level in the Hindu caste system |
| PALMS | East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yell |
| THIRDEYE | In Hindu tradition and yoga, another name for the anja or brow chakra (5,3) |
| REDBREAST | A gardener's insectivorous somewhat feisty ruddock friend with a crop that is famously rosy, rust-coloured or vermilion like the setting sun, hence its Latin name, Erithacus rubecula, "little scarlet |
| ISLAY | Hamlet in Alberta east of both Edmonton and Vermilion |
| ERIC | Forename under which George Newby penned a canon of travelogues, including A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush and A Small Place in Italy (4) |
| BRAHMAN | A member of the highest or priestly caste in the Hindu caste system (7) |
| CARDINAL | Songbird of the Americas that might be northern or vermilion (8) |
