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Cigars with revolutionary origins (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cheroots

'cigars' is the definition.
(cheroot is a kind of cigar)

'with revolutionary origins' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'revolutionary' becomes 'Che' (Che Guevara the Marxist revolutionary).
'origins' becomes 'roots' ('root' can be a synonym of 'origin').
'che' next to 'roots' is 'CHEROOTS'.

(Other definitions for cheroots that I've seen before include "Cigars with both ends cut flat" , "Cigars with both ends open" , "Cigars with both ends cut square" , "Square-ended cigars" , "small cigars" .)

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