| VAUNTED | ... boasted "American state's free - not India" (7) |
| GRIMACE | Smirk that I'm in a state free from sin (7) |
| DETACHMENT | Task force from a state free of prejudice? (10) |
| SECULAR | "If India is not ____, then India is not India at all" (Atal Bihari Vajpayee) |
| OFTENER | More frequently free, not surprising (7) |
| CONNOTE | Mean, once free, not to go through with (7) |
| ATLARGE | Free - not confined (especially of wild animal, criminal) (2,5) |
| OFFGRID | Leaving end of plumbing free, not on the mains (3-4) |
| AINTREE | Course isn’t commonly free, not the first |
| SCRAWNY | Puny returns of war between American states (7) |
| MIDWEST | Dew formed amongst fog in some American states (7) |
| THESEUS | A hero in the South-eastern American states |
| SUNBELT | One day left to enter wager, American states |
| CATALYST | Actors captivate Italy, not India? That makes a change (8) |
| ASIAN | Resident of China or Japan, but not India or Iran |
| NANOTECH | Molecular engineering exciting to Chennai, but not India |
| CAMERA | One's used to take pictures of revolutionary America, not India (6) |
| FOSSICKER | Gold-digger's enemies drug-free - not so good (9) |
| AVAILABLE | Free; not occupied (9) |
| UNCOMPLIMENTARY | French article, free, not flattering (15) |
