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Married to popular revolutionary deputy (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hitched

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

'popular revolutionary deputy' is the wordplay.
'popular' becomes 'hit' (I've seen this in another clue).
'revolutionary' becomes 'Che' (Che Guevara the Marxist revolutionary).
'deputy' becomes 'd' (this could be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'hit'+'che'+'d'='HITCHED'

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(Other definitions for hitched that I've seen before include "Not a single" , "Hooked to a vehicle" , "married" , "Thumbed a lift" , "Sought lift using thumb signal" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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