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Agitated in prison, revolutionary (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stirred

'agitated' is the definition.
(stirring is a kind of agitating)

'prison revolutionary' is the wordplay.
'prison' becomes 'stir' (informal term for prison).
'revolutionary' becomes 'red'.
'stir'+'red'='STIRRED'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for stirred that I've seen before include "Excited" , "Emotionally stimulated" , "Agitated with a circular motion" , "like Earl Grey sometimes?" , "Roused; mixed (a liquid)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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