| PURI | Port in Odisha, India, on the Bay of Bengal housing the Jagannath Temple (4) |
| AGRA | City in North India on the Yamuna River; site of the Taj Mahal (4) |
| AGOG | Eagerly expecting golf in part of India on the rise (4) |
| KOTA | City in Rajasthan, NW India on the Chambal River (4) |
| MADRAS | A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh). |
| ANDHRA | State of SE India on the Bay of Bengal; Hyderabad was made its capital in 1956 (6,7) |
| PRADESH | State of SE India on the Bay of Bengal; Hyderabad was made its capital in 1956 (6,7) |
| CHENNAI | Port in India, on the Bay of Bengal (7) |
| ORISSA | State of India on the Bay of Bengal whose capital is Bhubaneswar (6) |
| ODISHA | State of E India on the Bay of Bengal, formerly (until 2011) called Orissa (6) |
| AGARTALA | Capital of the state of Tripura in NE India, on the banks of the Haora River near the border with Bangladesh (8) |
| RANCHI | Capital of the state of Jharkhand in NE India, on the Subarnarekha River (6) |
| PATNA | Capital of the state of Bihar in NE India, on the Ganges River (5) |
| WARIORS | What is the team's name from Odisha in the Hockey India League? (7) |
| RAMBHA | Palace near Chilika Lake, recently restored and unveiled as a heritage hotel in Odisha. (6) |
| ERODE | City in Tamil Nadu, India, on the bank of the River Cauvery (5) |
| HYDERABAD | City where Priyanka Chopra was in for the shoot of 'SSMB29' before going to Odisha. (9) |
| PURIFY | City in Odisha - extremely filthy or clean? (6) |
| GOAWAY | Get lost somewhere in India on the road (2,4) |
| TRIPURA | Third-smallest state of India, on the eastern border of Bangladesh; capital, Agartala (7) |
