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Having been stopped by spies, revolutionary on a list reluctant to join party (10)

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I believe the answer is:

antisocial

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'having been stopped by spies revolutionary on a list reluctant' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'join party' is the wordplay.
'join' becomes 'anti' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'party' becomes 'social' (social can mean a party or event).
'anti'+'social'='ANTISOCIAL'

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(Other definitions for antisocial that I've seen before include "Avoiding the company of others" , "Disruptive to the community" , "Disinclined to mix" , "withdrawn" , "Not getting on with others" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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