| VACATION | Leave shortly, heading for India on holiday (8) |
| SWAMI | Hindu ascetic moved through water, heading for India |
| LETTUCE | Northbound English ship shortly heading for Latvia, leaves (7) |
| DEMIREP | Hooker to leave shortly, retaining muck (7) |
| EVAC | Plan to leave shortly? |
| PRESS | Journalists with Trump, say, shortly heading south (5) |
| OMANI | Arab shortly heading north |
| GOETHE | Leaves shortly with the novelist (6) |
| BRIE | Cheese fly leaves shortly (4) |
| SRINAGAR | City in northwest India on the Jhelum River (8) |
| MATERNAL | Protective stuff, indefinite amount for India (8) |
| TEENIEST | Most insignificant even, opener for India in cricket match (8) |
| ORIGINAL | First test in which spirit shown by opener for India (8) |
| ENGINEER | Parsi wicketkeeper in 46 Tests for India until 1975, Farokh ... (8) |
| AGARTALA | Capital of the state of Tripura in NE India, on the banks of the Haora River near the border with Bangladesh (8) |
| TTFI | What is the abbreviation for the governing body of a successful medal sport for India in Asian and Commonwealth Games for which Meghna Ahlawat became the first female president in December 2022? (1,1, |
| FOREIGNAID | Funding for poorer countries, e.g. for India, scrapped (7,3) |
| TENALI | City in Andhra Pradesh, SE India on the Krishna River delta, which is a market for rice (6) |
| NASIK | City in W. India on the River Godavari which is a centre for Hindu pilgrims (5) |
| KERALA | Province of India on the Malabar Coast |
