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Kid a communist it's a dance

Ross

I believe the answer is:

foxtrot

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'a dance' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'kid a communist' is the wordplay.
'kid' becomes 'fox' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'a communist' becomes 'trot' (short for Trotskyist).
'fox'+'trot'='FOXTROT'

'it's' is the link.

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(Other definitions for foxtrot that I've seen before include "Ballroom dance in quadruple time" , "Lively ballroom dance" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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