3 down
Republic
not
quite
free
to
include
liberation
movement
(6)
Republic not quite free to include liberation movement (6)
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How the clue works
Right, so Republic is your definition here, pointing at France. Now take FREE and knock the last letter off (that's "not quite"), leaving you FRE, and stuff ANC — the African National Congress, your liberation movement — right into the middle of it, giving FR-ANC-E.