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Gazed at a Communist going past the street (6)

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I believe the answer is:

stared

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'gazed at' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'a communist going past the street' is the wordplay.
'a communist going' becomes 'ared' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'past' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the street' becomes 'st' (abbreviation).
'ared' after 'st' is 'STARED'.

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(Other definitions for stared that I've seen before include "Looked fixedly (at something)" , "Treads (anag)" , "Looked with a fixed gaze" , "Gazed intently at" , "Gazed at in steady or prolonged way" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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