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Published in the Freedom supplement of The Hindu today
Across
1 Earmark
a national symbol (4)
3 Attempt
extremely secret meeting (5)
6 A
politician follows court rule to economise (6)
14 Popular
face (no novice) returning home (5)
15 Book
from right-minded mate of a different disposition (7,2,8)
16 Choose
- pick no second! (5)
18 Warrior
sheltered by woman in Jaipur (5)
19 Cancelled
activist's handout in a rush (9)
24 Pester
a tribal (4)
25 Downgrade
two of Rajasthan's mounted police (4)
27 Saints
preserving opus get concessions (4)
28 Netaji
initially boarded ocean-going submarine enthusiastically (4)
29 Beginning
of what Pippa does is ignored by fools (5)
31 Figure
something happening in the limits of shanty (7)
32 What
47 and 65 were to 15 (7)
34 A
Hindu verse 50 doubled for old emperor (6)
36 Head
of Department with loads of aimless scribblings (7)
38 Fate
of Pondicherry's small baby (7)
40 Tantric
zone Karachi ended abruptly in chaos (6)
41 Delhi's
landmark reportedly scanned for a little time (3,4)
44 Appointed
ruler's bad - old in line (7)
46 Thread
stocked in coastal isles (5)
47 Our
country's father figure (4)
48 Dress
of mother at pre-noon (4)
49 Deputy,
with hesitation, is a colour changer (4)
50 Record
find cut by half (4)
53 Insect
to yield, accepting enrolled nurse’s hint (9)
57 Health
drink - a whole lot to international college head (5)
60 Spiritual
leader on books: it's an eye-opener (5)
62 Saying
'no' politely - one form of which is 5 (5,12)
63 "Begin
working with one on LOC arrangement." "Consider it done."
(5)
64 Crushes
good parts of fruit (6)
65 Statesman
loses spectacles in one hour of riot (5)
66 What
the British did - very head of establishment thrown out (4)
Down
1 Rugby
team's pipe has model length (7)
2 Alien
enters a small area of land in narrow mountain ridge (5)
4 Italian
capitalist runs country (5)
5 Dharna
- it's terribly popular (3-2)
7 Indian
party's against exam on ship (8)
8 Indian
obtained bar of precious metal (5)
9 Old
British PM has a type of bread (5)
10 Law
cited erroneously (5)
11 Capote
leaves operation theatre with desperados initially wearing part of
Superman's dress (5)
12 Correct
article when current is withdrawn (4)
13 Student
wears a fantastic
tika -
a mark made on the forehead (5)
17 Bring
down after century? It's madness! (5)
20 Indian
ascetic resides in Godavari's hinterland (5)
21 Storage
furniture for council of ministers (7)
22 Relaxes
as sea recedes around ship after end of cyclone (5)
23 Hot
in pen? Squirm! (6)
26 Analyse
centre of decay from great distance (6)
30 So
slang composition can become rallying phrases? (7)
31 Passover
meal created from chopped reeds (5)
33 Silence!
Yankees are hugging lady with diffidence (5)
35 One
deadly sin, okay? (6)
37 Fed
up with Australian lieutenant's failure to make payment (7)
39 Fighter
in beret dropping ends becomes a self-exile (6)
42 Avoid
Ms Peron's demand to some extent (5)
43 Romping
primate has lost it - change boundaries (5)
45 Grant's
death at university's first examination (5)
46 Told
untruth about inventor and defamed (8)
51 Hundred
and fifty Englishmen take tea said to be mild (7)
52 Remove
accessories from runway (5)
53 Boast
about new coin (5)
54 The
sort of metals, perhaps, top lab found in crushed bone (5)
55 Disguised
identity of person spilling gin around company (5)
56 Author's
last words: "Novel's incomplete...revised ... I ..." (5)
58 Bill
includes ring for executioner's equipment (5)
59 Apache
eremite camouflages happiness (5)
60 Help
after commencement of rebel's attack (4)
61 Almost
bad nut is cracked by a native of Africa (5)
Across Lite version can be accessed at FREEDOM CROSSWORD.
Enjoy.
SOLUTION GRID
All down clues
ReplyDelete5 : {SIT*}{IN}
20 : RISHI [T]
21 : CABINET [DD]
30 : SLOGANS {SO SLANG}*
1. FLAG (DD)
ReplyDelete2. (TRY)(S..T)
3. (SCR)(I/MP)
18 NINJA (T)
58D:NO(O)SE
ReplyDelete59D:CHEER T
60D: RAID R(-ebel)+AID
61D: BANTU BA(-d)+ NUT*
Col: Unable to open the Acrosslite version. The link directs us to Google drive.
ReplyDelete+1
DeleteThanks Col. Download link now available
DeleteMaking up for 59D solved by Gemini
ReplyDelete55D: INCOG CO in GIN*
CON=Against
ReplyDeleteGRE=Exam
SS=Ship
Across
ReplyDelete63 WILCO ( W orking, one-I, LOC* - LCO, def: consider it done )
64. GRINDS ( good-G, parts of fruit- RINDS, def: crushes )
65. NEHRU ( ONE HOUR -OO * def: stateman)
66. QUIT ( very- QUITE -E stablishment )
DOWN
ReplyDelete21 Storage furniture for council of ministers (7) CABINET [2]
23 Hot in pen? Squirm! (6) WRIT(H)E
39 Fighter in beret dropping ends becomes a self-exile (6) bE(MIG)REt
46 Told untruth about inventor and defamed (8) LI(BELL)ED
37 Fed up with Australian lieutenant's failure to make payment (7) (DEF<-) AU LT
DeleteIn lieu of 21D duplicated
Now the AL version link is fine .
ReplyDelete6A-Scrimp-
ReplyDeleteA politician- IMP
Court Rule- SCR ( I am not sure how we get S)
14A- INDIA- IN(DIAL_L)
18A-NINJA-Warrior-T
Supreme Court Rule
DeleteThought about it, but not sure. Thank you Vasant.
DeleteSupreme Court Reports (S.C.R.)
DeleteMy 4th-
ReplyDelete17D- C(RAZE)- Madness
1D - FIFTEEN {FIF{T}E}{EN}
ReplyDelete2D - ARETE {AR{ET}E}
8D - INGOT {IN}{GOT}
10D - EDICT*
Easy, enjoyable stuff. LOI was 32A. Thanks Col for putting this up.
ReplyDeleteSetter- Twinset- set by two persons? Each recognising the othetr?
ReplyDeleteThis IND DAY crossie has a distinct signature style of the compiler who lies hidden in the grid !! Unmissable !!
ReplyDelete+1..you mean 55D
DeleteYes and don't miss 20D.
Delete20D hints at Gridman..
DeleteNow this is a bigger puzzle..
Who is the setter?
Maybe Twin Set means they both are
Delete+1
DeleteThank you Col. for making it much easier- the paper edition is too cramped for filling- and enjoyable doing it together here.
ReplyDelete62A CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE DD
ReplyDelete16A ELECT SELECT-S
57A TONIC TON +I+C
56D ENVOI (NOVE)* + I
TWINSET hints at both, but primarily INCOGNITO with RISHI shielded?
ReplyDelete19 across: RETRACTED-= cancelled REED= rush and tract= activists' handout.
28 across: BOSE= Netaji. Boarded Ocean-going Submarine Enthusiast
24 across NAGA- pester=Nag+A= tribal
36 across: DOODLES- Head of Dept=D + loads = oodles = aimless scribblings
Many of the clues have Gridman's signature..
ReplyDelete...and 26D has Incognito's stamp on it! (BTW did I use the dots at the start correctly?)
ReplyDeleteElipsis linked sentences..yes you did Paddy 😀😀😀
DeleteI'll go with Paddy in this guessing game. Let them come out of the hide-out !
ReplyDeleteRaining heavily in Kovai so will try this later :)
ReplyDeleteYou want to go out and be dancing in the rain?
DeleteBahana achcha hain Kidu!
DeletePerhaps he has already had a dance in the rain & now enjoying a dark coloured drink with bajji & corn!
DeleteLol. Was out already for Onam shopping and G watching
DeleteA poem that I received today
ReplyDeleteI watched the flag pass by one day it fluttered in the breeze.
A young Lieutenant saluted it,And then he stood at ease..
I looked at him in uniform -
So young, So tall, So proud,
With hair cut square and eyes alert
He'd stand out in any crowd.
I thought how many men like him had fallen through the years.
How many mothers' tears?
How many pilots' planes shot down?
How many died at sea?
How many foxholes were soldiers' graves?
No, freedom isn't free.
I heard the sound of Taps one night,
When everything was still,
I listened to the bugler play,
And felt a sudden chill.
I wondered just how many times That Taps had meant Amen.
When a flag had draped a coffin,of a brother or a friend.
I thought of all the children of mothers and the wives,
Of fathers, sons and husbands with interrupted lives.
I thought about a graveyard at the bottom of the sea,
Of unmarked graves in valley,
Of the price they paid for you and me,
Oh! This Freedom Isnt Free !🌟
I believe BNG has had the highest rainfall in a single day in the past 100 years. 13cm? True?
ReplyDeleteWe in CHN had 27cm of rainfall in just 12 hours a couple of years ago.
I don't know how many cms it was but it was welcome showers and it was raining almost the whole time after midnight till 7 or so
DeleteA sobering thought on a FREE Independence day.
ReplyDeleteStill so many left?
ReplyDeleteMaybe, it's time to open out since people seem to be busy on a holiday. Or continue tomorrow for the sake of others- after all, it is a jumbo.
25A- Ramp- (RA) (M)ounted (P)oloce- Downgrade
ReplyDelete27A- SOPS- S(OP)S- Concessions
My 5th and 6th
ReplyDelete38A - DESTINY {DE}{S}{TINY}
53A - CENTIPEDE {C{EN}{TIP}EDE}
25 across: RAMP-- two of Rajastan=RA +Mounted Police = MP
ReplyDelete31 acros: SEVENTY=figure--event= something happening+ SY from limits of shanty.
Across :
ReplyDelete34. ASHOKA ( A, Hindu verse- SLOKA , 50 double - hundred- H, AS(l)HOKA )
40 CHAKRA ( Karachi -I *, tantric zone :def )
32A: WITNESS CD
ReplyDelete34A:ASHOKA A+ SH(-ll+O)KA
Making up for 34A answered by LV
ReplyDelete41A RED FORT ~READ+FOR+T
Twin-set have requested me to keep this open till tomorrow so that visitors from US/UK can also have a go. So I am taking back the permission to post two more. Time for posting additional answers will be after 8 AM on 16 Aug
ReplyDeleteTwo answers per head on 16th also, Sir?
DeleteYes, some of us are just waking up here in other parts of the world! Here are my four:
ReplyDelete13D Student wears a fantastic tika - a mark made on the forehead (5) TI(L)AK*
51D Hundred and fifty Englishmen take tea said to be mild (7) CL + E + MEN + “T”
53D Boast about new coin (5) CROW + N
54D The sort of metals, perhaps, top lab found in crushed bone (5) NOB(L)E
Happy Independence Day everyone!
Awaiting KKR's entry! :)
ReplyDeleteBamula..baadaab..hoshiyar!
DeleteKKR padar rahe hain!
Vasant, I liked it.
DeleteThanks for remembering me.
Submitted my quota on my time.
Two more:
ReplyDelete44A: Appointed ruler's bad - old in line (7) VICE R(O)Y
42D Avoid Ms Peron's demand to some extent (5) EVA DE...
Repeating my comment at 5:36 above
ReplyDeleteTwin-set have requested me to keep this open till tomorrow so that visitors from US/UK can also have a go. So I am taking back the permission to post two more. Time for posting additional answers will be after 8 AM on 16 Aug
ACROSS:
ReplyDelete46 LISLE T
47 BAPU E
48 MA XI
49 DY ER
Thanks for giving time to us, Col!
ReplyDeleteYou can have 2 more like all of us.
ReplyDeleteThanks Paddy,
DeleteI will exercise my right after 8.00 AM IST
50AC: DISC [-over]
ReplyDelete60AC: RE BB E
43D : REMAP {PRIMATE - IT}*
ReplyDelete45D : ENDUE {END}{U}{E-xamination}
22D- Eases- relaxes- (SEA)=< (cyclonE)(Ship)
ReplyDelete33D- Shyly- With diffidence- (SH)(Y)(LadY)
Still remaining
ReplyDeleteAcross - 29
Down - 4, 9, 11, 12, 26, 31, 35, 52
31D SEDER (REEDS)*
ReplyDelete35D AGREED A+GREED
Anyone can finish off the remaining
ReplyDelete9D- Pitta- DD
ReplyDelete11D- Caped- (Capote- OT)(Desperados)- Superman's dress
Paddy,
DeleteSorry for pointing late.
9D is not DD. It is PITT+A
12D- Edit-TIDE=<
ReplyDeleteDef. Correct
29A: ASSES (-p)ASSES..Reference to Pippa Passes a poem by Robert Browning
ReplyDeleteI remember reading the poem in middle school..it had the lines
DeleteWhen God's in his heaven
All's right with the world
A typical Browning optimism
4D R+OMAN
ReplyDelete26D PARSE+C
The last one!
ReplyDelete52Dn : STRIP (DD)
Thank you Twin-set. Shall upload the solution grid after sometime.
ReplyDeleteCan the TWINSET untwine themselves now and come out of the incogrishicloset?
ReplyDeleteCan the TWINSET untwine themselves now and come out of the incogrishicloset?
ReplyDeleteI think it is now clear with Incog and Rishi highlighted in green
DeleteYes, noted.
DeleteDo we have to wait till Republic day for their next?
Highly commendable effort... Kudos!
ReplyDelete