| KATHAK | Intricate dance of northern India that includes passages of narrative pantomime (6) |
| SIKKIM | State in northeastern India that includes the country's highest peak Kangchenjunga (6) |
| GOSPEL | Looking back, stage includes passage south of summits and that's good news (6) |
| AGRA | City of northern India that served as capital of the Mughal empire under such leaders as Shah Jahan (4) |
| CAKEWALK | Intricate dance - easy task (8) |
| OYSTER | Conclusion of narrative in unfolding story, a world of possibilities? (6) |
| GANGES | Major river of northern India and central Bangladesh formed by the confluence of the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda (6) |
| BENGAL | Region of India that, in part, became part of Pakistan after partition and then, in 1971, Bangladesh (6) |
| JAIPUR | City in India that is capital of Rajasthan (6) |
| INLETS | Small passages of a lake, river or sea (6) |
| INTROS | Popular class brought up opening passages of music (6) |
| NAMDAN | What is the type of woollen felt from India that is often made into brightly coloured rugs with patterned over-sewing? (6) |
| PUNDIT | Authority imposed around India that is unrestricted (6) |
| PATHOS | Love infusing passages of sadness (6) |
| HINDUS | Natives of northern India |
| LINEAR | (Of narrative) sequential |
| MANTLE | Take charge of narrative, lifting a veil |
| STOREY | Word, from "tale", for a medieval building's frieze-like tier of narrative paintings depicting a historical scene originally, today a structural deck, floor or level, where life's adventures, mysterie |
| SANSKRIT | Ancient language of India that is one of the official languages of the country (8) |
| UTTARPRADESH | Highly populous state of Northern India, the capital of which is Lucknow (5,7) |
