| MURPHY | Travel writer, author of Full Tilt: Ireland to India With a Bicycle (1965) (6,6) |
| DERVLA | Travel writer, author of Full Tilt: Ireland to India With a Bicycle (1965) (6,6) |
| COLIN | Travel writer, author of In Siberia (1997) (5,7) |
| THURBON | Travel writer, author of In Siberia (1999) |
| IMPAIR | Do damage to India with Middlesex's opening duo |
| MANGO | Tropical fruit native to India with yellowish flesh (5) |
| FULLTHROTTLE | Full tilt |
| MAXIMUMSPEED | Full tilt |
| MICHAELPALIN | Travel writer moving around Chile, man touring China and island |
| RIDERHAGGARD | River drawn by travel writer |
| SITAR | A stringed musical instrument, especially of India, with a long neck and a rounded body (5) |
| SPROCKET | Puppet dog in Fraggle Rock; or, a toothed wheel designed to connect with a bicycle chain (8) |
| KORMA | A dish from India (with a hint of Korea?) (5) |
| JOHNWYNDHAM | 20th Century British science fiction writer; author of The Day Of The Triffids (4,7) |
| HESTERLYNCHTHRALE | English writer, author of Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson (1786) |
| RUNYON | A. Damon --, US short-story writer, author of 'Guys and Dolls' (6) |
| MCCARTHY | Michael ___, environment writer, author of Say Goodbye To The Cuckoo (8) |
| MSME | This sector has helped in the industrialization of underprivileged areas in India with a low capital cost (Abbr.) |
| SLOGAN | "End of dynasties" - people in India with a new battle cry (6) |
| TANTIVY | Thought to be onomatopoeic of galloping hooves, word for a gallop or rapid ride; or, a hunting cry at full tilt (7) |
