| SIKKIM | Indian state in the Himalayas |
| BHUTAN | Small Asian state in the Himalayas (6) |
| GOA | Indian state in the Western Ghats |
| ASSAM | North-east Indian state in the Brahmaputra valley (5) |
| NOGOAREA | Indian state in the country, way out east, a restricted territory |
| UPTONOW | Indian state in revolt will not welcome organization's head yet (2,2,3) |
| SHERPA | Ethnic group of people from the most mountainous region of Nepal, high in the Himalayas, the ... |
| EVEREST | Highest known mountain in the world located in the Himalayas |
| RAVI | Rising in the Himalayas, one of the five tributaries of the Indus that give Punjab its name (4) |
| BRAHMAPUTRA | River that rises in the Himalayas and joins the Ganges at its delta on the Bay of Bengal (11) |
| NANGAPARBAT | Ninth-highest mountain in the world, in the Himalayas of northern Pakistan; known locally as Diamir (5,6) |
| PANDA | The red ___, nicknamed 'fire fox,' is a mammal found in the Himalayas and adjacent areas in East Asia |
| BEAS | River in north India rising in the Himalayas in central Himachal Pradesh |
| JUMNA | River in N. India which rises in the Himalayas and flows to join the Ganges just below Prayagraj (5) |
| SHANGRILA | Fictional location in the Himalayas, described in the 1933 James Hilton novel Lost Horizon (7-2) |
| KAMET | Mountain in N. India, in Uttar Pradesh in the Himalayas (5) |
| YETI | The old thing climbing in the Himalayas? |
| DARJEELING | Indian town in the Himalayas |
| NEPAL | Plane in trouble in the Himalayas |
| YAKBUTTER | British state - after gossip's spread in the Himalayas |
