Communist touring Italy left in a huff (5)
I believe the answer is:
riled
'in a huff' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'communist touring italy left' is the wordplay.
'communist' becomes 'red' (red can informally mean communist).
'touring' means one lot of letters goes inside another (touring can mean going round).
'italy' becomes 'i'.
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'i'+'l'='il'
'red' placed around 'il' is 'RILED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for riled that I've seen before include "Annoyed" , "Made angry" , "Cross" , "Nettled" , "Vexed" .)