| CASHEWNUTS | "76.8 million": the amount of these snacky items, in kilograms, that India produced in 2022 |
| INDICATION | Sign for tonic India produced (10) |
| ACIDRAIN | Drops environmentally unfriendly car India produced (4,4) |
| BODYMASSINDEX | Person's weight in kilograms divided by the square of their height in metres (4,4,5) |
| NOREIGA | The Windies bowler who took 9 wickets in an innings of a match that India won, leading to its first series win in the Caribbean (7) |
| MASS | It's measured in kilograms |
| INTHERED | That place that India claims is owing money |
| DENARII | Roman coins that India re-issued (7) |
| ESS | Snacky shape |
| MELBATOAST | Snacky crisp bread almost beat crackers (5,5) |
| SHEPHERDSPIEHOLE | What Little Bo Peep stuffs when feeling snacky? |
| AGRA | City in northern India (pop about 1.5 million), the site of the Taj Mahal (4) |
| AMRITSAR | City in north-west India (pop about 1.2 million), the site of The Golden Temple (8) |
| ADDIS | Capital of Ethiopia (pop 2.7 million), the headquarters of the African Union (5,5) |
| ABABA | Capital of Ethiopia (pop 2.7 million), the headquarters of the African Union (5,5) |
| FREETOWN | Capital city (pop 1.2 million); the site of the oldest university in West Africa (8) |
| BORNEO | Island in south-east Asia (287,000 sq miles; pop 22 million), the third largest island in the world (6) |
| YOKOHAMA | With a population of 3.7 million, the second-largest city in Japan after Tokyo (8) |
| MOSCOW | With a population of approximately 12 million, the capital of Russia (6) |
| MECCA | City in Saudi Arabia (pop about 1.4 million), the holiest city in Islam (5) |
