| SINGH | Male surname in Sikhism (since the 18th century) (5) |
| ALIBI | Latin word for 'elsewhere', used in western legal contexts since the 18th century (5) |
| SAHIB | The Central religious scripture of Sikhism (4,6,5) |
| NANAK | Guru _, the founder of Sikhism (5) |
| SAXONBLUE | Dye made by dissolving indigo in concentrated sulphuric acid, recorded in Europe since the 18th century (5,4) |
| OPPENHEIM | German-Jewish family, prominent in European banking since the 18th century |
| TOMMYATKINS | Generic name, in use since the 18th century, for a British soldier |
| SECTS | Docetism and Sikhism, e.g. |
| ANANDSAHIB | Collection of hymns in Sikhism (5,5) |
| ODDFELLOWS | British benevolent society since the 18th century |
| SIKHS | Adherents of Sikhism |
| EVILS | Sikhism quintet |
| KIRPAN | A short knife with a curved blade in Sikhism (6) |
| THEFIVEKS | Kachera, Kangha, Kara, Kesh and Kirpan in Sikhism |
| GURU | One of ten in Sikhism |
| GURUNANAK | Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism in the 15th century (4,5) |
| AMRITSAR | Holiest city of Sikhism, in which the Golden Temple is located; in Punjab, NW India (8) |
| GRANTH | The Central religious scripture of Sikhism (4,6,5) |
| PUNJAB | The Indian subcontinent region in which Sikhism originated (6) |
| VAISAKHI | Religious festival in Hinduism and Sikhism, celebrated on 13 or 14 April (8) |
