| AYURVEDA | An alternative medicine system that originated in India whose name means 'knowledge of life' (8) |
| YOGA | Exercise system that originated in India |
| REFLEXOLOGY | Alternative medicine system of gently manipulating parts of the foot (11) |
| ASSAM | State of NE India (whose name is thought to mean 'peerless') bordered by the nations of Bhutan and Bangladesh (5) |
| ALLOPATH | Conventional doctor, to an alternative medicine practitioner |
| SOLOMONSSEAL | Polygonatum biflorum, herb named after a biblical king, used as an alternative medicine (8,4) |
| SANSKRIT | Ancient language of India whose loanwords in English include avatar, guru, juggernaut etc. (8) |
| TURPETH | Plant of the morning glory family endemic in India whose root was formerly used in medicine as a mild laxative (7) |
| ALOEVERA | Succulent plant widely used in alternative medicine as a healing or soothing agent (4,4) |
| KABADDI | Team sport that originated in India where the raider from one team tries to tag opponents without getting caught |
| MADRAS | Fabric that originated in India |
| CHESS | Game that originated in India around 6th century CE |
| SNAKESANDLADDERS | Board game that originated in India as Moksha Patam |
| SNOOKER | Cue sport originating in India whose current world champion is Mark Williams |
| THUG | What common word for a violent bully originated in India and was applied to worshipers of Kali, who |
| WESTBENGAL | State in India whose capital is Kolkata |
| GOA | State in India whose capital is Panaji (3) |
| TRIAGE | Emergency medicine system |
| UTTAR | And 8 State of N India whose capital is Lucknow (5,7) |
| CHANDIGARH | Union territory of N India whose places of interest include Sukhna Lake (10) |
