Special, Sunday 04 Feb 2017, 9th Anniversary Special Community Jumbo

On the 9th Anniversary of the blog I would like to thank one and all who visit this blog this also includes all those who are silent followers and have never commented here. It is your continued support which gives me the inspiration to continue.

Thanks to Koteswar Rao, Lakshmi Vaidyanathan, Dr Satyen Nabar, Vasant Sreenivasan, Srinidhi Sreenivasan, Ramki Krishnan, Mona Sogal, Padmanabhan, Bhavan, Ajeesh, Dr Jyotsna Deo, Ashit Hegde, Dr Mukund Jagannathan, Bhargav, Dr Ashwini Nabar, Raju Umamaheswar, Faten Ismail, Kishore, and Rishikesh for contributing clues for this crossword.

FOUR ANSWERS per commenter with annotations till 8:30 AM on 05 Feb. Setters can also enter their answers for clues other than the clues they have set themselves.

At the end of this Crossword I have provided a survey form where I would like all of you to vote for the top three clues as per your choice. Clue voted the best will earn a prize for the setter. Results for this will be announced at 8 AM on 11 Feb 18. Just in case the Survey Form doesn't work, please also send me an email with your selection of top three clues.

ACROSS
12 Runaway bride, nearly took-off, we hear.. Must be an ailment (4,3)
13 New help is mad - crackers! (9)
14 Routine problem before birth (2,5)
16 Something to eat? Nothing, let's meet in a mess (9)
17 "Freeze!" police operation removing naked boy student going around University (3,2)
18 Musical fellow recalled stirring feelings (9)
19 Listener is with Lok Sabha peers (5)
20 Lacking origin, said/expressed greeting mostly relevant to ancient language (3,4,6)
21 Essential Renin broken down (5)
22 Helps adult son and female relatives without hesitation (7)
24 Crowned Head Constable resolved the lead arresting the Prince (9)
26 Drunk? Real drunk, to be precise (7)
28 Opponent wasted years going after profit (9)
31 Even duets carry a gift (5)
32 Girl's disappearance with essentially slimy model turning into an inflammatory issue (9)
34 Shapely , elegant relative is about to have sex (5-6)
37 They allow on craft providing food and lodging before game (8,5)
41 High class is in force to join a game (7,6)
42 Stop in Kashmir or Gaza Strip? (7,4)
43 Cover in the gap confused an aircraft approach (5,4)
45 Lead junction hold up leads to river end (5)
47 Stern foes changed with 'please' and the like (9)
50 Not on the job, wretched man, had some enchiladas, was almost ill (7)
52 Spawnings give the measures of  an aircraft athwart! (9)
54 Collector fires Sam and returns boxes (7)
56 Wine mama consumed surreptitiously (5)
58 Making out with former partner, zingier or it fizzles? (13)
60 Love a model? I ignored his words (5)
62 Novel boy resolves steamy row (3,6)
63 One in the lab making noise (5)
64 Female lap dancing for Canadian icon (5-4)
65 Grotesque incongruous creature is a wild and distant dream (7)
66 Tea with lemon juice-add a bit of echinacea- it changes colour (9)
67 Intricate ballet after noon that will feature 14 women playing (3,4)

DOWN
1   Initially annual report to bring up overdue payment (6)
2   Scram! Get away from those barriers! soundly causing indignities (8)
3   Brilliantly showing  strong libido from Uruguay with stealth (10)
4   I so desired initially to appear in blockbuster like “game of thrones “ for e.g (8)
5   Count upon one after a trick tape manoeuvre (10)
6   Beat the first two - the rest should surrender (6)
7   Plant the man, Harry to get representative (4,6)
8   Respected first name in perfumes I discovered finally (8)
9   Refrain from riot trouble and enroll hurriedly (10)
10 Fellow is in small accommodation but he's a person for you, me and others (8)
11 Average fellow hugs English princess (6)
12 Lift embargo on backlash (9)
15 Reverses deliveries, lures out! (9)
23 First look inside manoeuvre for a rifle mechanism (5,6)
25 Bugs irritated Ted's eyeball (11)
27 Club, perhaps, gets iron printing machine of some sort (6,5)
29 Ninus, for a change essentially protects member of a sect (7)
30 Essentially wants research covering ethnic group's revolutionary revival (7)
32 Ruffians kidnapping daugher and son - children under one's care (7)
33 Hide in South East island (7)
34 No second coffee/tea (3)
35 In no situation one can stay there (3)
36 Regular divide for a data repository (3)
38 Bartender has expertise (3)
39 Lock up, restrain a burglar? (3)
40 Appeared for college admission exam (3)
43 Good stuff to master, a habitual response being syntactically correct (9)
44 Yes, father intrudes into latcher rambling on and on. That's Ideal! (10)
45 Not smart! Robbed a chicken, baked a Turkish Delight (5,5)
46 A Pole taken back by Scot to look so it's said at waterbody (7,3)
48 Female campaigned for grand piani carved on tree (10)
49 Demanding girlfriend and nearly unavailable. I’m backing out (9)
51 Doctor agrees to have an alcoholic drink (8)
52 Sorbet in liquid and solid form ? (5,3)
53 Hemp tins arranged for transportation (8)
55 Seen frequently in palm-court estate of a lover (8)
57  Brief discomfort restraining my wildcat (6)
59 Strange story about Exa (A very uncommunicative person) (6)
61 Ancient Greek's article on prohibition (6)

Across Lite version can be accessed at 9th ANNI CW

All the best.

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