| PAISA | Monetary unit of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, and Pakistan worth one hundredth of a rupee |
| RUPEE | Standard monetary unit of India, Nepal and Pakistan (5) |
| ANNA | A former monetary unit of India and Pakistan, one-sixteenth of a rupee |
| INCA | Former currency of India equal to one-sixteenth of a rupee or 12 pies; or, linked with "pommes" for a classic French dish of layered sliced potatoes, baked until brown (4) |
| DAM | It was only a fortieth of a rupee for a mother (3) |
| ANNAS | Former coins in India, etc, worth the 16th of a rupee (5) |
| TAKA | The standard monetary unit of Bangladesh (4) |
| SIKKIM | State of NE India bordering Bhutan, Nepal and Tibet; capital, Gangtok (6) |
| ASIANELEPHANT | Large herbivorous animal native to India, Nepal, Myanmar, Borneo and Sumatra (5,8) |
| INDIANELEPHANT | A large animal: one's found in Nepal and in the wild (6,8) |
| NEARED | Came with reach of a rupee in demand (6) |
| TRAIL | The route taken by flower children of the 60s from Europe to Kathmandu, Nepal & India, the hippie .. |
| EVEREST | Highest known mountain in the world on the border of Nepal and Tibet |
| ASIA | Continent that includes Nepal and Bhutan |
| YETI | Mythical creature of Nepal and Tibet |
| TIBET | It borders Nepal and Bhutan |
| KANGCHENJUNGA | Mountain on the border between Nepal and Sikkim (13) |
| BIHAR | Indian state bordered by Nepal and West Bengal (5) |
| SHERPA | Mountain people from Nepal and Tibet (6) |
| ELEPHANT | I won't forget Nepal and the travelling |
