Communist official (9)

I believe the answer is:

commissar

'communist official' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for commissar that I've seen before include "Party official" , "USSR official" , "Communist official" , "Soviet official" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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