Put off as revolutionary supplied with rations again? (5)
I believe the answer is:
defer
'put off' is the definition.
(I know that put off can be written as defer)
'revolutionary supplied with rations again?' is the wordplay.
'revolutionary' is a reversal indicator (letters revolve around).
'supplied' becomes 'fed' (feeding is a kind of supplying).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'rations again?' becomes 'er' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'fed' back-to-front is 'def'.
'def'+'er'='DEFER'
'as' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for defer that I've seen before include "Adjourn" , "Hold over, put off" , "Freed to submit to authority" , "Delay" , "Yield to another's opinion" .)