| HATHAYOGA | A form of exercise using physical techniques whose name derives from Sanskrit for 'force' (5,4) |
| NORDIC | - walking; form of exercise using sticks similar to ski poles (6) |
| HINDI | Language of India that derives from Sanskrit |
| REIKI | Japanese alternative therapy technique whose name means 'spiritual energy' (5) |
| CURL | Forearm exercise using a dumbbell |
| JUMPROPES | Exercises using the crisscross technique, say |
| HATHA | Yoga system whose name is Sanskrit for "force" |
| PEDAL | Boy comes up after exercises using part of a bicycle (5) |
| CIRCUITTRAINING | Form of body conditioning with exercises using varied muscle groups (7,8) |
| KUNDALINI | From Sanskrit for "snake", coiled energy or "serpent power" at the base of the spine, according to yogis (9) |
| STRONGARM | ____ tactics, ones using physical force or violence (6,3) |
| PEPPER | From Sanskrit for "berry", a word, adopted by the Anglo-Saxons, for a spice companion of salt; a capsicum; or, cayenne, derived from said pod (6) |
| JATAKA | From Sanskrit for "born", the name of any one of a garland or treasury of birth stories recalling the former lives of the Buddha (6) |
| DETECTIVE | Policeman failing to apprehend leader of Triads for force |
| CHAKRA | Word, from Sanskrit for "circle, wheel", in allusion to the wheel of time or dharma, for any one of the vortexes of spiritual energy in the body, each assigned a unique colour (6) |
| TOLA | From Sanskrit for "weight", the name of a traditional Indian unit of mass equal to 180 troy grains (4) |
| GHEE | From Sanskrit for "sprinkled", a word for a type of clarified butter central to Indian cookery (4) |
| RAMPAGING | Calling for force before running wild (9) |
| DAL | From Sanskrit for "to split", dried beans, lentils and other pulses in Indian cookery; a curry or puree of said legumes; or, a yellow-flowered tropical herb, also called pigeon pea (3) |
| CHEETAH | From Sanskrit for "leopard" and "spotted one", a swift rosetted feline whose Latin name Acinonyx jubatus, "unmoved onyx", refers to said cat's non-retractile claws (7) |
