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Communist is hidden but is found again (12)

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I believe the answer is:

rediscovered

'found again' is the definition.
('discovered' is an answer for 'found' so perhaps 'rediscovered' is OK for 'found again')

'communist is hidden' is the wordplay.
'communist' becomes 'red' (red can informally mean communist).
'hidden' becomes 'covered' (covering is a kind of hiding).
'red'+'is'+'covered'='REDISCOVERED'

'but is' acts as a link.

(Another definition for rediscovered that I've seen is " Again found".)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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