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Old red sheets one earl switched around (5)

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lenin

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(Other definitions for lenin that I've seen before include "Early Soviet leader" , "First leader of USSR" , "Revolutionary man" , "Leader of the Russian Revolution" , "Soviet Union's first premier" .)

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