| HESSE | Hermann ___, author of the novel Siddhartha (5) |
| MAIER | Hermann ___, champion skier known as "The Herminator" |
| NEPAL | Former (until 2008) monarchy of southern Asia in which Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, was born c. 563 BC (5) |
| BODHI | Tree under which Siddhartha attained enlightenment |
| INDIA | Setting for "Siddhartha" |
| RICIN | (GKN) Highly toxic protein obtained from the seeds of the castor oil plant, discovered by German scientist Peter Hermann Stillmark in 1888 (5) |
| NERNST | Walther Hermann ___, German physical chemist who formulated the third law of thermodynamics; Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1920) (6) |
| NARVA | City in northeastern Estonia near the Russian border housing the 13th-century Hermann Castle (5) |
| RORSCHACH | Hermann ___, Swiss psychiatrist who created the ink-blot test (9) |
| UNION | Hermann Paul Muller's steed during his exploits in the prewar European Championships. (4,5) |
| SKIER | Hermann Maier, for example (5) |
| HERMANNHESSE | Author of "Demian" and "Siddhartha" (7,5) |
| KNULP | 1915 Hermann Hesse book |
| BUDDHA | Born Siddhartha Gautama into a royal family, the founder of a religion based on karma, the "four noble truths" and attaining nirvana (6) |
| HERMANN | Nobel prize winning author of Steppenwolf and Siddhartha, ... Hesse |
| MAYA | Mother, by Suddhodana, of Siddhartha Gautama, the historical Buddha (4) |
| GAUTAMA | Siddhartha ___, birth name of the Buddha (7) |
| WILDE | Oscar _, author of the novel The Picture Of Dorian Gray (5) |
| BUDDHISM | System of beliefs and practices based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama |
| GENE | Cancer researcher Siddhartha Mukherjee's "The ___: An Intimate History" |
