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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article when current is withdrawn (4)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.
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