| SIKH | Follower of a religion that originated in Punjab |
| SIKHISM | Religion that originated in the Punjab (7) |
| ZOROASTRIANISM | Ancient religion that originated in Persia (14) |
| BAHAI | Religion that originated in Persia (5) |
| HINDU | Follower of a religion in India |
| PAGAN | Belonging to a religion that worships many gods |
| ISLAM | A religion that is semi-formal |
| BAHAIHUMBUG | Nonsense, to a religion that advocates world unity? |
| SIKHS | Reportedly looks for followers of a religion |
| MOTIVATED | "Communism is a religion that is inspired, directed and _ by the Devil himself': Billy Graham (9) |
| RASTA | Shortened name for a member of a Jamaican religion that regards a former emperor of Ethiopia as God (5) |
| JAINISM | Ancient Hindu religion that believes that the material world is eternal, progressing endlessly in a series of vast cycles |
| RASTAFARIAN | Member of a religion regarding Haile Selassie as a manifestation of God |
| AMRITSAR | City in Punjab, site of a 1919 massacre (8) |
| RAELIAN | Member of a UFO religion that believes humans originated from alien scientists (7) |
| SCARAB | A priest of a religion based on the belief that the world is pervaded by spirits (6) |
| GREATINDIAN | Also known as the Thar Desert, this arid region of rolling sand hills is located partly in Rajasthan state, northwestern India, and partly in Punjab and Sindh (Sind) provinces, eastern Pakistan. (5,6) |
| BUDDAA | Founder of a religion of spiritual purity (6) |
| TENET | A principle or belief, especially of a religion or philosophy (5) |
| HERESY | Belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion (6) |
