| TAMILNADU | State of India on the Coromandel Coast (5,4) |
| PONDICHERRY | Seaport in Tamil Nadu, India, on the Coromandel coast (11) |
| CHENNAI | City in Tamil Nadu, India on the Coromandel Coast formerly known as Madras (7) |
| ORISSA | State of India on the Bay of Bengal whose capital is Bhubaneswar (6) |
| TRIPURA | Third-smallest state of India, on the eastern border of Bangladesh; capital, Agartala (7) |
| CARNATIC | Region of southern India, between the Eastern Ghats and the Coromandel Coast (8) |
| KERALA | Province of India on the Malabar Coast |
| AGOG | Eagerly expecting golf in part of India on the rise (4) |
| PINNACLES | Craggy range in the Coromandel (9) |
| CATHEDRAL | & 68ac Hahei coastal attraction in the Coromandel (9,4) |
| CATAMARAN | Dual-hulled sail or engine-powered powered craft - William Dampier observed them 'on the coast of Coromandel' in the course of his 17th century explorations |
| PENINSULA | East of Auckland, across the Hauraki Gulf, lies the Coromandel ... |
| AHMEDABAD | Industrial city in Gujarat, W. India on the River Sabarmati (9) |
| COLVILLE | Northernmost town on the Coromandel Peninsula, population around 1500 (8) |
| AGARTALA | Capital of the state of Tripura in NE India, on the banks of the Haora River near the border with Bangladesh (8) |
| THAMES | Town at the southwestern end of the Coromandel Peninsula (6) |
| IGNORAMUS | Illiterate crowd in an university in India on Sunday (9) |
| EXPANSION | European, cross, criticises India on growth (9) |
| RANCHI | Capital of the state of Jharkhand in NE India, on the Subarnarekha River (6) |
| PATNA | Capital of the state of Bihar in NE India, on the Ganges River (5) |
