| SIKKIM | State of NE India bordering Bhutan, Nepal and Tibet; capital, Gangtok (6) |
| LHASA | Tibet capital |
| SHERPA | Mountain people from Nepal and Tibet (6) |
| RANCHI | Industrial city of NE India, capital of the state of Jharkhand (6) |
| PUNJAB | State of north-west India bordering Haryana (6) |
| BHUTAN | What small country lies between India and Tibet? (6) |
| PANDAS | Large bear-like mammals native to China and Tibet with characteristic black and white markings |
| BIHARI | Native of NE. India |
| RUPEES | Currency units in Nepal and Sri Lanka |
| EVEREST | Highest known mountain in the world on the border of Nepal and Tibet |
| YETI | Cryptid said to inhabit the Himalayan region of Nepal and Tibet (4) |
| ASSAM | State of NE India with borders on Bhutan and Bangladesh; capital, Dispur (5) |
| UTTARAKHAND | State of northern India bordering Tibet and Nepal, named in its anthem as Devbhumi (Land of the Gods) (11) |
| NAGALAND | State of NE India formed in 1962 from parts of Assam and the North- East Frontier Agency; capital, Kohima (8) |
| BIHAR | State of NE India bordered by Nepal to the north; capital, Patna (5) |
| TRIPURA | Small state of NE India bordered to the north, south and west by Bangladesh; capital, Agartala (7) |
| COOCHBEHAR | Former state of NE India; part of West Bengal since 1950 |
| COOCH | & 15D Former state of NE India; part of West Bengal since 1950 (5,5) |
| PAISA | Monetary unit of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, and Pakistan worth one hundredth of a rupee |
| RAJASTHAN | State of north-west India, bordering on Pakistan (9) |
