| PEACOCK | Thomas Love ---, English novelist, poet and official of the East India Company (7) |
| DURRELL | Lawrence -, 1912-1990, English novelist, poet and travel writer (7) |
| RAFFLES | A clerk in the East India Company who founded the modern state of Singapore (7) |
| PLASSEY | Battle of ?, 1757 conflict that saw victory for the British East India Company under Robert Clive over the Nawab of Bengal (7) |
| CLIVE | Robert ---, agent of the East India Company and Commander-in-Chief of British India in 1756 (5) |
| ANGELOU | An activist, novelist, poet and "caged bird"-turned Freedom medallist who taught us to be a rainbow in someone's cloud and to walk proud (7) |
| FIENNES | Actor in films including Schindler's List, The English Patient, The Constant Gardener and Official Secrets (7) |
| SINGAPORE | Now a city-state, it was founded by Stamford Raffles of the East India Company in the early 19th century (9) |
| URDU | Official language of Pakistan, chosen by the East India Company in 1837 to replace Persian (4) |
| OLDBEAN | Love English in curiously bland style associated with Wodehouse? (3,4) |
| OSCAR | Forename of a dramatist, novelist, poet and wit who also wrote short stories including The Fisherman and His Soul, The Happy Prince, The Selfish Giant and The Star-Child (5) |
| HYDERALI | Leader of resistance to the East India Company in 18th century Mysore (5,3) |
| CORONER | Centre on interior - registered and official (7) |
| MURASAKISHIKIBU | Japanese novelist, poet, and lady-in-waiting from the Heian period who penned one of the most influential and widely read Japanese classical works: The Tale of Genji. |
| STARPAGODA | Coin worth approximately 8 shillings issued by the East India Company at Madras |
| INDIAMAN | Large sailing ship trading for the East India Company before 1858 (8) |
| IMARI | The style of porcelain exported from the Japanese port of Kyushu and reaching Europe by means of the Dutch East India Company |
| SEPOYS | Troops in the service of the British East India Company, who instigated the Indian Rebellion of 1857 (6) |
| PUNJAB | Region of north-west India annexed by the British East India Company in 1849 (6) |
| YALE | Famous university, named after its British benefactor, Elihu, a merchant and East India Company official (4) |
