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Looked to give shelter to a revolutionary (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

leered

'looked' is the definition.
(leering is a kind of looking)

'give shelter to a revolutionary' is the wordplay.
'give' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'shelter' becomes 'lee' (as in lee side, the side sheltered from wind).
'to a revolutionary' becomes 'red' (red can informally mean a communist).
'lee'+'red' is 'LEERED'.

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for leered that I've seen before include "Looked or stared lasciviously" , "Looked suggestively" , "Looked and smiled lasciviously" , "Looked lecherously" , "Gazed at lasciviously" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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