Equipped with answer to expose Marxist on City Council (9)

I believe the answer is:

accoutred

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'equipped' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'answer to expose marxist on city council' is the wordplay.
'answer' becomes 'a' (abbreviation eg in Q and A).
'to expose marxist' becomes 'outred' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'city council' becomes 'CC' (political abbreviation).
'outred' put after 'cc' is 'ccoutred'.
'a'+'ccoutred'='ACCOUTRED'

'with' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for accoutred that I've seen before include "dressed" , "Suitably equipped" , "Given requisite kit" , "in dress" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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