| TAJ | With 4-Across, Indian tourist attraction |
| RAHUL | With 4-Across, Indian billionaire businessman who passed away in Feb. 2022 |
| AGRA | Indian tourist-attraction city |
| TAJMAHAL | Indian tourist attraction made of white marble: 2 wds. |
| MYSORE | _ Palace, Indian tourist attraction |
| ALOO | With 16- Across, Indian potatoes-and-bread serving |
| IMAGINER | Fancier journal covering the full range across Indian Railways (8) |
| TYRANNY | Launch of trek - two years across Indian desert that is extremely oppressive (7) |
| GOA | Indian tourist spot |
| MAHAL | Taj ___: Indian tourist site |
| KOM | With 8-Across, Indian amateur boxer and politician |
| ANNA | And 40 Across Indian born author of the memoir The English Governess At The Siamese Court, which was the inspiration for the 1951 musical The King And I (4,9) |
| AAMIR | With 1-Across, Indian actor, film director, producer who works in Hindi films |
| NAN | 13 Across' Indian cousin |
| MALAYALAM | 58 Across Indian language (9) |
| TURNDOWN | Refuse to agree with '4 Across'! (4,4) |
| AND | With 4-Across, 27-Across, and 28-Across, sequel to "Sex and the City" whose second season starts June 22nd |
| THE | With 4-Across and 12-Across: song performed by 28-Across at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta in 1996 |
| EAR | With 4-Across, buds you might sleep with |
| BIG | With 4-Across fast-food hamburger with a special sauce |
