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Old Indian PM returning some of our hens? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nehru

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'old indian pm' is the definition.
'nehru' can be an answer for 'pm' (I've seen this before). I am not certain of the 'old indian' bit.

'returning some of our hens?' is the wordplay.
'returning' is a reversal indicator.
'some of' indicates a hidden word.
'urhen' is hidden within 'our hens'.
'urhen' back-to-front is 'NEHRU'.

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(Other definitions for nehru that I've seen before include "Famous Indian" , "Jawaharlal -, first PM of India" , "was India's leader" , "India's first PM, d.1964" , "former statesman" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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