| MAHE | One of the four districts of the Union Territory of Puducherry, located in Kerala |
| NICOBAR | The --- Islands are a group in the Indian Ocean which form, with the Andaman Islands, a union territory of India (7) |
| EMPYREAN | Take me back to the limits of Puducherry - near intimations of heaven (8) |
| PEACHY | Everyone in the outskirts of Puducherry is very good (6) |
| YAWN | Open space at the end of Puducherry, one to keep worker's leader (4) |
| DELHI | Union Territory of the Republic of India (5) |
| MALAYALAM | In Kerala one may hear this rising just the same |
| ATTAPPADI | Region in Kerala where Rajinikanth has been filming 'Jailer 2' along the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border. (9) |
| CHANDIGARH | Union territory of N India whose places of interest include Sukhna Lake (10) |
| MUNGO | Scottish explorer born in 1771 who published the volume Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa |
| TAIHAPE | Gumboot Capital of the World, in the Rangitikei District of the North Island (7) |
| OVER | One of three ancient districts of Winsford, noted for the salt industry; the other two boroughs are Wharton, and Swanlow and Dene (4) |
| JAMMU | Seat of the Dogra people in NW India, unified with Kashmir as a union territory in 1949 (5) |
| LSLOWRY | Artist famous for painting scenes of life in the industrial districts of North West England (1,1,5) |
| MORTLAKE | District of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames; finishing point of the University Boat Race |
| EVOOR | Place in the Indian state of Kerala famous for the ancient Sri Krishnaswamy temple, one of the 26 most important Mahavishnu shrines |
| PUDUCHERRY | Union territory of India formerly named Pondicherry (10) |
| DAMAN | Union territory of ___ and Diu (5) |
| THEGOD | 1997 Booker Prize winning novel, set in Kerala (3,3,2,5,6) |
| PERANNUM | Training at hill station in Kerala to review every year (3,5) |
