| TIMORSEA | It's a more tempestuous part of the Indian Ocean (5,3) |
| STORMIER | More tempestuous (of the weather, or a relationship!) (8) |
| ATOMISER | It's a more unusual version of a spray (8) |
| BENGAL | The Bay of -- is the part of the Indian Ocean which receives the waters of the River Ganges (6) |
| ARABIANSEA | Part of the Indian Ocean connected to the Strait of Hormuz by the Gulf of Oman (7.3) |
| TIMOR | The --- Sea is the part of the Indian Ocean northwest of Western Australia (5) |
| SRILANKA | Teardrop-shaped country of southern Asia known as 'the Pearl of the Indian Ocean' (3,5) |
| ARABIAN | The -- Sea is the N.W. part of the Indian Ocean (7) |
| BAYOFBENGAL | Northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, between the Indian subcontinent and Indochinese peninsula (3,2,6) |
| MOZAMBIQUE | ? Channel, that part of the Indian Ocean that separates Madagascar from mainland Africa (10) |
| REDSEA | Part of the Indian Ocean |
| PET | Favourite part of the Indian rope trick |
| QUIT | ___ India Movement, part of the Indian Independence struggle |
| MAPUTOBAY | Inlet of the Indian Ocean on the southern coast of Mozambique, location of the country's largest port (6,3) |
| GRATER | Said it's a more important kitchen aid (6) |
| THUS | Therefore, it's a more formal version (4) |
| RAJAH | Part of the Indian nobility |
| KEELING | The Cocos Islands of the Indian Ocean are also known as the -Islands (7) |
| GULFOFMANNAR | Large, shallow bay of the Indian Ocean between South East India and the island of Sri Lanka (4,2,6) |
| MOMBASA | Major Kenyan port situated partly on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean (7) |
