| ANDHRA | & 9 Across State of SE India from which Telangana was separated in 2014; capital, Amaravati (6) |
| PRADESH | State of SE India from which Telangana was separated in 2014; capital, Amaravati (7) |
| PALKSTRAIT | Inlet of the Bay of Bengal that separates SE India from northern Sri Lanka (4,6) |
| AMADAVAT | Waxbill widely kept as a cage bird (one of various names derived from the city in eastern India from which they were originally supplied) |
| NUNAVUT | On April 1,1999, what was separated from the Northwest Territories to become an Inuit self-governing territory? (7) |
| HELEN | 17 Across' State of Play costar Mirren |
| CLOUD | ___ 60-Across (state of euphoria) |
| TENALI | City in Andhra Pradesh, SE India on the Krishna River delta, which is a market for rice (6) |
| TELUGU | Classical Indian language spoken especially in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana (6) |
| MADRAS | Port in SE India (6) |
| TAMILNADU | A state of southeast India, the capital of which is Chennai (5,4) |
| TRIBAL | Clan-based Telangana leader's almost coarse (6) |
| LEMANS | Old lovers, separated in motor racing circuit |
| WHITES | Separated in the laundry, ... %26 colours |
| ANDHRAPRADESH | State of SE India whose capital is Hyderabad |
| HYDERABAD | City and capital of both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states in India (9) |
| GUANABARA | Former state of SE Brazil merged with the surrounding state of Rio de Janeiro in 1975 (9) |
| MINASGERAIS | State of SE Brazil north-west of Rio de Janeiro; capital, Belo Horizonte (5,6) |
| CHENNAI | State capital of Tamil Nadu in SE India, formerly (until 1996) called Madras (7) |
| COROMANDEL | ___ Coast, area of SE India extending from False Divi Point to Kanyakumari (10) |
