| ALBA | A taste of Scotland while travelling backwards in East India-Blackwall service (4) |
| LEGLEN | Scottish milk pail found in the French valley of Scotland while . . . (6) |
| NACTON | Cannot be reviewed backwards in east Suffolk (6) |
| ASTI | Italian region located in East India? |
| SLAINTE | Said in Scotland while welcoming the new decade in (7) |
| EMISSION | Ejection of lady in East India, only stopped midway (8) |
| EAGLEWOOD | Bird would reportedly find tree in East India (9) |
| IDEA | Satin came out of East India, in theory (4) |
| URDU | Official language of Pakistan, chosen by the East India Company in 1837 to replace Persian (4) |
| PAPA | Father caught by speed trap apparently while travelling north |
| GOAN | Relating to a state in south-east India (1,450 sq miles; pop about 1.5 million) (4) |
| YALE | Famous university, named after its British benefactor, Elihu, a merchant and East India Company official (4) |
| NINE | Largest single digit number in North East India? (4) |
| TEAS | East India Company wares |
| CLIVE | Robert ---, agent of the East India Company and Commander-in-Chief of British India in 1756 (5) |
| OFFLOADS | Gets rid of very loud father in Scandinavian capital while travelling |
| ENROUTE | While travelling briefly near and then away from home in the outskirts of Europe (2, 5) |
| DARJEELING | A high-quality black tea grown in an area of West Bengal in North East India (10) |
| TAMILNADU | A state of South East India, the capital of which is Chennai (5,4) |
| LAPTOP | A computer that is portable and suitable for use while travelling (3,3) |