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Carried out overhaul of left wing papers? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

redid

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'carried out overhaul' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to change as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'left wing papers?' is the wordplay.
'left wing' becomes 'red' (red can informally mean communist).
'papers?' becomes 'ID' (short for identification papers).
'red'+'id'='REDID'

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for redid that I've seen before include "Performed again" , "Freshly decorated" , "tried again" , "Made over" , "Carried out again" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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