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Avoiding both fringes, old Labour leader starts to eat next to Green (8)

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innocent

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(Other definitions for innocent that I've seen before include "Free from evil or guilt" , "Naive person" , "Free of any blame" , "Name of 13 popes and one anti-pope" , "Pope" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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