| OUDH | United Provinces of Agra and ___, region of India under the British Raj (4) |
| AGRA | United Provinces of ___ and Oudh (former name of Uttar Pradesh) |
| DEAN | Forest of _, region of Gloucestershire bounded by the rivers Wye and Severn (4) |
| SWAT | A former princely state of the British Raj, passed to Pakistan in 1947 (4) |
| THUG | A highway robber during the British Raj, it now refers to any goon |
| ASIA | Agra and Ankara are in it |
| ETAH | State, northeast of Agra |
| RAGA | Musical anagram of AGRA, fittingly |
| RAJA | Prince of Agra |
| LEON | Castilla y ___ (region of Spain) |
| BORA | Tora ___ (region of Afghanistan) |
| DEWITT | Jan, chief minister of the United Provinces of the Netherlands from 1653-72 (2,4) |
| STADTHOLDER | Chief magistrate of the United Provinces of the Netherlands (15th-18th centuries) |
| APASSAGETOINDIA | E. M. Forster novel that depicts imperialism under the British Raj |
| AFGHANISTAN | Nation, next door to Pakistan, that's been a battleground for the forces of the British Raj, the Soviet Empire and the coalition of the willing |
| WEALD | The ___, region of SE England between the North Downs and the South Downs (5) |
| UTTAR | Which state of India, the country's most populous, was known as United Provinces from 1935 and was given its current name in 1950? (5,7) |
| PRADESH | Which state of India, the country's most populous, was known as United Provinces from 1935 and was given its current name in 1950? (5,7) |
| PUNJAB | In which region of India is the stronghold of the Sikh religion? (6) |
| MALABARCOAST | Region of India between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea |
