| BINDI | In the Hindu tradition, a jewel or vermilion dot applied to the forehead (5) |
| BIJOU | A trinket, a jewel or a little box? (5) |
| STONE | Jewel or gem; or, a cherry pip (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) |
| 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) |
| BOTOX | Shot to the forehead? |
| ORION | Star constellation resembling, in European tradition, a hunter |
| 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) |
| PALMS | East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yell |
| 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) |
| BLUSH | Vermilion |
| AIRED | Exposed first class vermilion |
| PEACE | Fort Vermilion's river |
| PIGMENTS | Coloured powders mixed with water to make paints or thrown in the Hindu festival of Holi (8) |
| ERICNEWBY | Travel writer noted for his book A Short Walk In The Hindu Kush (4,5) |
