| COROMANDEL | - Coast, area of SE India extending from False Divi Point to Kanyakumari |
| MALABAR | ___ Coast, stretch of SW India from Goa to Kanyakumari (7) |
| TAMILNADU | State on the Coromandel Coast of SE India formerly (until 1968) called Madras (5,4) |
| PRADESH | State of SE India from which Telangana was separated in 2014; capital, Amaravati (7) |
| OCEANSIDE | Parksville is a city along this east coast area of Vancouver Island |
| ANDHRA | State of SE India on the Bay of Bengal; Hyderabad was made its capital in 1956 (6,7) |
| ANDHRAPRADESH | State of SE India whose capital is Hyderabad |
| PALKSTRAIT | Inlet of the Bay of Bengal that separates SE India from northern Sri Lanka (4,6) |
| MIDLOTHIAN | A council area of SE central Scotland, bordering the City of Edinburgh (10) |
| ILLGOTTEN | Descriptive of gains from false sickness benefit claim? (3-6) |
| ETYMON | True origin of a word - it's struck from false testimony (6) |
| DWESA | You and I, my country, must support final safeguard of Wild Coast area (5) |
| RIVIERA | I arrive to travel round Mediterranean coast area |
| KOWLOON | ___ Peninsula, area of SE China opposite Hong Kong Island (7) |
| WEALD | Which area of SE England lies between the North and South Downs? (5) |
| THESSALY | Area of SE Europe has flourished with style |
| CHENNAI | State capital of Tamil Nadu in SE India, formerly (until 1996) called Madras (7) |
| RES | ____ Gestae Divi Augusti: up to what Augustus got |
| DISILLUSION | Teacher outside is seedy American, one free from false ideas |
| INDOCHINA | Area of SE Asia (4-5) |
