| RUPEE | Official currency unit of India and Pakistan (5) |
| RUPIAH | The official currency unit of Indonesia |
| ANNA | A former monetary unit of India and Pakistan, one-sixteenth of a rupee |
| ANNAS | Former monetary units of India and Pakistan, subdivided into 12 pies (5) |
| PAISA | Currency unit of India, Pakistan and Nepal worth one hundredth of a rupee (5) |
| INDUS | River of India and Pakistan |
| LIONS | Known as the "kings of the jungle", animals living in prides in savannas, grasslands and forests of India and Africa, and the Longleat estate in Wilshire (5) |
| TAMIL | Member of a people of Dravidian stock of India and Sri Lanka (5) |
| SWISS | Official currency of Switzerland (5,5) |
| FRANC | Official currency of Switzerland (5,5) |
| KRONE | The official currency of Denmark and Greenland (5) |
| WATER | ___ buffalo, endangered bovid of India and South-East Asia (5) |
| COBRA | Venomous snake of India and Africa (5) |
| GAYAL | Ox of India and Myanmar, Bibos frontalis (5) |
| DINAR | Official currency of Bahrain Jordan Algeria and many other countries |
| ZLOTY | Literally meaning "golden", the official currency of Poland (5) |
| PARTITION | ___ of India : creation of India and Pakistan? (9) |
| SARDA | River along border of India and Nepal |
| DILIP | Mr. Sardesai of India and Mumbai |
| MANGO | National fruit of India and the Philippines |