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Also involved a red revolutionary in the trials (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ordeals

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'the trials' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to natural events as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'also involved a red revolutionary in' is the wordplay.
'involved' indicates an anagram (involved can mean confusing or complex).
'revolutionary' indicates an anagram.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'red' with letters rearranged gives 'rde'.
'also' with letters rearranged gives 'oals'.
'oals' placed around 'rde' is 'ORDEALS'.

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(Other definitions for ordeals that I've seen before include "Testing experiences" , "difficult tests" , "Difficult experiences, hard times" , "Tribulations" , "Trying experiences" .)

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