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Bad blood between Meg Thatcher and the revolutionary (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hatred

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'bad blood between meg' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'thatcher and the revolutionary' is the wordplay.
'thatcher' becomes 'hat' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'the revolutionary' becomes 'red'.
'hat'+'red'='HATRED'

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(Other definitions for hatred that I've seen before include "Great dislike" , "Intense dislike" , "Deep dislike and aversion" , "Violent emotion" , "Animus" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times and the Irish Times (Crosaire).
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