| SRINAGAR | Largest city and summer capital of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, in the Kashmir Valley (8) |
| OSHKOSH | US city and summer resort in E Wisconsin situated on the western shore of Lake Winnebago (7) |
| CURIA | About to include part of Kashmir in the assembly (5) |
| NANGAPARBAT | Mountain of N.W. Kashmir in the W. Himalayas (5,6) |
| INDIA | Kashmir Valley setting |
| DELHI | Location where the union ministry of home affairs defended the power of the lieutenant governor of Jammu and Kashmir. (5) |
| CASHMERE | Fine soft wool made from goats of the Kashmir area (8) |
| BRAMMAH | Mountain massif in the Kishtwar Himalaya of Jammu and Kashmir, India, comprising four peaks |
| PAKISTAN | Subcontinent nation involved in a dispute with India over the Kashmir region |
| MADRAS | Former name of Chennai, the capital of the Indian state Tamil Nadu; or, a variety of curry (6) |
| JAIPUR | Capital of the Indian state of Rajasthan that is nicknamed The Pink City (6) |
| CHANDIGARH | Shared capital of the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana, known as 'The City Beautiful' (10) |
| BAGUIO | City in Luzon known as the Summer Capital of the Philippines (6) |
| PUNJAB | Neighbor of Jammu and Kashmir |
| BANGALORE | The capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka (9) |
| HYDERABAD | The capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana (9) |
| JODHPUR | Second-largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan, founded by the military Chieftain Rao Jodha in 1459 (7) |
| SHIMLA | Summer capital of India from 1865 to 1939, in the state of Himachal Pradesh (6) |
| CHENAB | River originating in Himachal Pradesh, flows through Jammu and Kashmir and is a key tributary of the Indus River system? (6) |
| CHENNAI | Capital of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, known until 1996 as Madras (7) |
