| Jungle Book title | Newsday | 05 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Hindi "master" | Wall Street Journal | 26 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Almost say hello meeting bishop, respected person in India | The Telegraph Cryptic | 30 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | 12-across title of respect (5) |  |  | 
          
            | A welcome book by singular gentleman in India | The Telegraph Cryptic | 27 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Indian address where brother, say, was accommodating a Hindu leader (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Term of address in British India; I bash (anag.) | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 14 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Indian form of address for a respected man; from Arabic, 'companion' or 'master' (5) |  |  | 
          
            | When taking tea, habits change for Sir in India (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Address in India has upset one bishop |  |  | 
          
            | Respectful way to address male relative keeping a hotel | The Times Cryptic | 27 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Gentleman in India who made a bish of it (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Indian given respect. in part dhobi has been sent back (5) |  |  | 
          
            | I bash up the Englishman in India (5) |  |  | 
          
            | In India, what polite term of address is attached to a name? (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Being thus addressed could give a bishop a start! (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Jungle Book title | Newsday | 15 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Respectful address used in colonial India (5) | The Guardian Quick | 04 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Is this master in Lucknow spreading his bias? (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Indian honorific | New York Times | 10 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | "Sir," in colonial India | Premier Sunday | 06 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Gentleman in there is a Hibernian (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Form of address for a man in South Asia (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Historical term of respect in India | Wall Street Journal | 23 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Indian gentleman has openings for Sikhs and Hindus in Bangalore |  |  | 
          
            | Jungle Book title | Newsday | 17 May 2024 | 
          
            | Indian honorifific |  |  | 
          
            | Word used to address a European man in colonial India (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Indian calling for respect (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Polite form of address (Indian) |  |  | 
          
            | Indian form of address |  |  | 
          
            | Word from Arabic for 'friend' |  |  | 
          
            | Arabic honorific title meaning "companion" (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Indian "Sir"; I bash (anag.) (5) |  |  | 
          
            | A Scottish team lifting second title abroad | The Times Cryptic | 01 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Brother or sister keeping a hotel's address in India | The Telegraph Cryptic | 23 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Polite title for an Indian man | Premier Sunday | 16 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Term of address in colonial India | New York Times | 06 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Brother maybe holding a hotel address in Mumbai? | The Times Cryptic | 01 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Indian "master" | LA Times Daily | 15 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Title a bishop without work engineered | The Telegraph Toughie | 15 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Favouritism overturned holding hard title | The Telegraph Toughie | 18 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Companion, in Arabic | New York Times | 23 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Indian title | LA Times Daily | 07 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Indian title | The Washington Post | 07 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Hindi 'master' | New York Times | 03 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | ''Jungle Book'' title | Newsday | 07 May 2021 | 
          
            | Master, in Hindi | LA Times Daily | 07 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Master, in Hindi | The Washington Post | 07 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Hindi honorific | Wall Street Journal | 15 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Title in colonial India | The Washington Post Sunday | 26 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Hindu honorific | Universal | 25 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Indian title of respect | The Washington Post | 16 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Indian title of respect | LA Times Daily | 16 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Prejudice about adopting Henry's form of address |  |  | 
          
            | East Indian title | Canadiana | 20 Jan 2020 | 
          
            | Master, in Hindi | New York Times | 10 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Master, in Hindi |  |  | 
          
            | Indian gentleman has rejected Indian boss initially |  |  | 
          
            | Polite Indian form of address | The Times Concise | 13 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Mister, in Mumbai | Canadiana | 27 May 2019 | 
          
            | During the Raj, Sir Henry stops prejudice rising |  |  | 
          
            | Indian title of book one's holding back |  |  | 
          
            | Word from the Arabic for 'friend' | The Washington Post | 05 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Word from the Arabic for "friend" | LA Times Daily | 05 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Word from the Arabic for "friend" |  |  | 
          
            | Indian title of respect |  |  | 
          
            | Master, in Madras | Wall Street Journal | 23 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Respectful Indian title | Universal | 23 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Indian honorific | Wall Street Journal | 19 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Colonial Indian title | New York Times | 07 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | Indian title | LA Times Daily | 07 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | Indian title | The Washington Post | 07 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | Respectful Indian title |  |  | 
          
            | Master, in Madras |  |  | 
          
            | Indian title |  |  | 
          
            | Colonial Indian title |  |  | 
          
            | Address of colonial India | Newsday | 23 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Sir, in India | Thomas Joseph | 09 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | European in India | The Telegraph Quick | 04 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Indian sir | Universal | 19 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | Relative retains a hotel address in Delhi? |  |  | 
          
            | Title in Kipling tales | Newsday | 19 May 2017 | 
          
            | Sir, in Satna | Canadiana | 10 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Indian honorific | Universal | 29 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Hard-hearted prejudice reflected in how Indian addressed European | The Telegraph Cryptic | 05 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Title meaning 'master' | New York Times | 23 Feb 2017 | 
          
            | Ahmedabad address | LA Times Daily | 12 Feb 2017 | 
          
            | Arabic word for ''friend'' | Newsday | 11 Feb 2017 | 
          
            | Englishman in colonial India | Universal | 31 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Indian "sir" | Universal | 13 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Englishman in colonial India |  |  | 
          
            | Indian sir |  |  | 
          
            | Indian honorific |  |  | 
          
            | Ahmedabad address |  |  | 
          
            | Title meaning "master" |  |  | 
          
            | Indian "sir" |  |  | 
          
            | Scottish team moving south includes a colonial | The Telegraph Toughie | 27 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Hindu term of respect | Universal | 07 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | "Sir" in colonial India | USA Today | 03 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Master, in colonial India | USA Today | 29 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | Master, in colonial India | Wall Street Journal | 27 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | Colonial title in India | Universal | 01 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | "Sir," in colonial India | Universal | 28 Sep 2016 | 
          
            | Old Indian honorific | Universal | 24 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | Indian master, drawn to both sexes, owns up |  |  | 
          
            | ''The Jungle Book'' title | Newsday | 16 Apr 2016 | 
          
            | Master | New York Times | 04 Mar 2016 | 
          
            | 'Sir', as he is British originally |  |  | 
          
            | Indian address | Wall Street Journal | 11 Feb 2016 | 
          
            | 'Sir,' in colonial India | The Washington Post | 02 Feb 2016 | 
          
            | Old Indian honorific |  |  | 
          
            | Master, in colonial India |  |  | 
          
            | Colonial title in India |  |  | 
          
            | "Sir," in colonial India |  |  | 
          
            | Indian honorific | The Washington Post | 22 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Title from the Arabic for "master" | LA Times Daily | 04 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Polite Indian title | The Times Concise | 06 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Master, in Kolkata | Universal | 15 Sep 2015 | 
          
            | Polite Indian form of address | New York Times | 19 Jul 2015 | 
          
            | Polite title in India | Premier Sunday | 17 May 2015 | 
          
            | Cultured man from a Scottish team back to front | The Telegraph Toughie | 03 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | Master, in Calcutta | Universal | 14 Feb 2015 | 
          
            | Title from the Arabic for "master" |  |  | 
          
            | Master, in Kolkata |  |  | 
          
            | Master, in Calcutta |  |  | 
          
            | Polite Indian form of address |  |  | 
          
            | Polite title in India |  |  | 
          
            | Title of respect in colonial India |  |  | 
          
            | "Kipling __" (2008 bio) |  |  | 
          
            | Indian honorific |  |  | 
          
            | Hindu title |  |  | 
          
            | Master, in Kolkata |  |  | 
          
            | Old Indian honorific |  |  | 
          
            | Respectful title in British India |  |  | 
          
            | Master, in Mysore |  |  | 
          
            | Respectful address |  |  | 
          
            | Indian term of respect |  |  | 
          
            | Term of respect for a subcontinental ruler |  |  | 
          
            | What Punjab called Daddy Warbucks |  |  | 
          
            | Address in colonial India |  |  | 
          
            | Title of respect in colonial India |  |  | 
          
            | Indian "sir" |  |  | 
          
            | Master |  |  | 
          
            | Madras title |  |  | 
          
            | Hindu title of respect |  |  | 
          
            | Indian title |  |  | 
          
            | Title of colonial India |  |  | 
          
            | "Sir" in India |  |  | 
          
            | Indian honorific |  |  | 
          
            | Indian master? |  |  | 
          
            | Sir, in New Delhi |  |  | 
          
            | Term of address in colonial India |  |  | 
          
            | Mumbai master |  |  | 
          
            | Master |  |  | 
          
            | Sir, in colonial India |  |  | 
          
            | Indian honorific |  |  | 
          
            | Title of respect |  |  | 
          
            | Title in colonial India |  |  | 
          
            | Sir, in old India |  |  | 
          
            | Sir, on the subcontinent |  |  | 
          
            | Old title of respect |  |  | 
          
            | Sir, in colonial India |  |  | 
          
            | Indian honorific |  |  | 
          
            | Title in old India |  |  | 
          
            | Old Asian title |  |  | 
          
            | Form of address in Colonial India |  |  | 
          
            | Colonial word for "master," in India |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone title of respect |  |  | 
          
            | Term of respect in the Raj |  |  | 
          
            | Old Asian title |  |  | 
          
            | "Sir" to Gunga Din |  |  | 
          
            | Punjabi title |  |  | 
          
            | Hindu's sir |  |  | 
          
            | Indian term of respect |  |  | 
          
            | Sir, in India |  |  | 
          
            | Indian title |  |  | 
          
            | Indian honorific |  |  | 
          
            | Form of address in British India |  |  | 
          
            | Sir, in Mysore |  |  | 
          
            | Former title of respect |  |  | 
          
            | Address in "Gunga Din" |  |  | 
          
            | Term of respect in Ahmedabad |  |  | 
          
            | Master of India |  |  | 
          
            | Term of respect in Ahmedabad |  |  | 
          
            | Indian honorific |  |  | 
          
            | Hindu sir |  |  | 
          
            | Hindu "sir" |  |  | 
          
            | Address in Calcutta |  |  | 
          
            | Indian honorific |  |  | 
          
            | Old term of respect |  |  | 
          
            | Address in Calcutta |  |  | 
          
            | Hindu honorific |  |  | 
          
            | Madras mister |  |  | 
          
            | Indian title of respect |  |  | 
          
            | Madras master |  |  | 
          
            | Gunga Din's "sir" |  |  | 
          
            | "Master" |  |  | 
          
            | Indian title of respect, once |  |  | 
          
            | Colonial title in India |  |  | 
          
            | Mahout's master |  |  | 
          
            | Sir, in India |  |  | 
          
            | Indian address |  |  | 
          
            | Title of respect in 31-Down |  |  | 
          
            | Term of respect |  |  | 
          
            | Title in old India |  |  | 
          
            | Guru honorific |  |  | 
          
            | Term of respect in colonial India |  |  | 
          
            | Madras master |  |  | 
          
            | Indian address |  |  | 
          
            | Sir, in old India |  |  | 
          
            | Master, in Madras |  |  | 
          
            | Honorific in India |  |  | 
          
            | Respectful title in Raipur |  |  | 
          
            | Indian address |  |  | 
          
            | Hindi for "master" |  |  | 
          
            | Sir, in India |  |  | 
          
            | Indian title of respect |  |  | 
          
            | Indian term of respect |  |  | 
          
            | Sir, in India |  |  | 
          
            | Term of address in Kipling |  |  | 
          
            | Sir, in old India |  |  | 
          
            | Sir, in colonial India |  |  | 
          
            | Hindu's sir |  |  | 
          
            | Sir, in India |  |  | 
          
            | "A Passage to India" title |  |  | 
          
            | Madras mister |  |  | 
          
            | Old Indian title |  |  | 
          
            | Title in British India |  |  | 
          
            | Sir, in India |  |  | 
          
            | Sir |  |  | 
          
            | Old title of respect |  |  | 
          
            | "Sir," in colonial India |  |  | 
          
            | Colonial Indian title of respect |  |  | 
          
            | Indian title of respect |  |  | 
          
            | "Sir," in colonial India |  |  | 
          
            | Indian term of respect |  |  | 
          
            | Indian term of respect |  |  | 
          
            | Sir, in old India |  |  | 
          
            | Englishman in colonial India |  |  | 
          
            | Mysore sir |  |  | 
          
            | Mumbai master |  |  | 
          
            | Indian title |  |  | 
          
            | Master, in Madras |  |  | 
          
            | Title of respect in India |  |  | 
          
            | Indian address |  |  | 
          
            | Former form of address |  |  | 
          
            | Address in colonial India. |  |  | 
          
            | Raj address |  |  | 
          
            | Calcutta address |  |  | 
          
            | Title of respect in India |  |  | 
          
            | Indian honorific |  |  | 
          
            | Master, in Madras |  |  | 
          
            | Sir, in colonial India |  |  | 
          
            | Hindu sir |  |  | 
          
            | Address in colonial India |  |  | 
          
            | Colonial Madras mister |  |  | 
          
            | Former title in India |  |  | 
          
            | Hindu term of respect |  |  | 
          
            | Sir in New Delhi |  |  | 
          
            | Address in Calcutta |  |  | 
          
            | Hindi for "master" |  |  | 
          
            | Indian head, once? |  |  | 
          
            | Madras master |  |  | 
          
            | Term of address in Kipling |  |  | 
          
            | Indian term of respect |  |  | 
          
            | Master, in colonial India |  |  | 
          
            | Colonial term of address |  |  | 
          
            | Indian address |  |  | 
          
            | Eastern term of respect |  |  | 
          
            | Colonial estate owner |  |  | 
          
            | Madras title |  |  | 
          
            | Master, in Mysore |  |  | 
          
            | Indian honorific |  |  | 
          
            | Sri |  |  | 
          
            | Raj title |  |  | 
          
            | Indian title of respect |  |  | 
          
            | Sir  in India |  |  | 
          
            | Master, in Calcutta |  |  | 
          
            | Bwana, in Bengal |  |  | 
          
            | Indian master |  |  | 
          
            | Bwana, in Bombay |  |  | 
          
            | Master, in "The Raj Quartet" |  |  | 
          
            | Mahout's master |  |  | 
          
            | Sir, in Ahmedabad |  |  | 
          
            | Indian V.I.P. |  |  | 
          
            | Agra address |  |  | 
          
            | Master, in India |  |  | 
          
            | Rampur address of respect |  |  | 
          
            | Master, in Madras |  |  | 
          
            | Hindi master |  |  | 
          
            | Master, to a Hindu |  |  | 
          
            | Title of respect in Delhi |  |  | 
          
            | Title in colonial India |  |  | 
          
            | Sir, to Hindus |  |  | 
          
            | Sir, in India |  |  | 
          
            | Hindu term of respect |  |  | 
          
            | Hindi sir |  |  | 
          
            | Master, to Din |  |  | 
          
            | Hindu master |  |  | 
          
            | Master, in colonial India |  |  | 
          
            | Amah's master |  |  | 
          
            | Kipling, to a Hindu |  |  | 
          
            | Sir, in Delhi |  |  | 
          
            | Hindu title |  |  | 
          
            | Hindu's word for Clive |  |  | 
          
            | Sir, to Din |  |  | 
          
            | Kipling, in Lahore |  |  | 
          
            | Master, in New Delhi |  |  | 
          
            | Kipling, to the Hindus |  |  | 
          
            | Sir, in Bombay |  |  | 
          
            | Relative of tuan |  |  | 
          
            | Title, in India |  |  | 
          
            | Indian sir |  |  | 
          
            | Kipling, to the Indians |  |  | 
          
            | Master, in old India |  |  | 
          
            | Master: Hindu. |  |  | 
          
            | Effendi's equivalent. |  |  | 
          
            | Relative of "effendi." |  |  | 
          
            | Title going out of use. |  |  | 
          
            | Old Indian honorific |  |  | 
          
            | Former title in India. |  |  | 
          
            | Ex-VIP of India |  |  | 
          
            | Title of Kipling's day. |  |  | 
          
            | Title in colonial India. |  |  | 
          
            | Title of colonial India. |  |  | 
          
            | Hindu "master." |  |  | 
          
            | Masculine title. |  |  | 
          
            | Master, in India. |  |  | 
          
            | Title meaning "master." |  |  | 
          
            | Title found in Kipling tales. |  |  | 
          
            | Title in India. |  |  | 
          
            | Hindu title. |  |  | 
          
            | Title used in India. |  |  | 
          
            | Title for Kipling. |  |  | 
          
            | "Sir" to Gunga Din. |  |  | 
          
            | Title now seldom used in India. |  |  | 
          
            | VIP in India. |  |  | 
          
            | European in India. |  |  | 
          
            | Englishman in India. |  |  | 
          
            | Title recently dropped in India. |  |  | 
          
            | Until recently, title of a European in India. |  |  | 
          
            | Title for a European in India. |  |  | 
          
            | European's title in India. |  |  | 
          
            | A European in India. |  |  | 
          
            | Man who left India. |  |  |