Crime in deliberate return of revolutionary spirit (6,6)
I believe the answer is:
wilful murder
'crime' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.
'deliberate return of revolutionary spirit' is the wordplay.
'deliberate' becomes 'wilful' (synonyms).
'return of' says the letters should be written backwards.
'revolutionary' becomes 'red' (informal term for communist).
'spirit' becomes 'rum' (alcoholic spirit).
'red'+'rum'='redrum'
'redrum' back-to-front is 'murder'.
'wilful'+'murder'='WILFUL MURDER'
'in' is the link.
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