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Red route from Leeds? Arrive on outskirts (6)

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I believe the answer is:

commie

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

'arrive on outskirts' is the wordplay.
'arrive' becomes 'come' (coming is a kind of arriving).
'on' means one lot of letters goes inside another (as in clothing \'on\' a person).
'outskirts' becomes 'mi' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'come' going around 'mi' is 'COMMIE'.

'route from leeds?' is the link.
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(Other definitions for commie that I've seen before include "Eg, Marxist (colloq.)" , "Extreme left-winger" , "Red" , "Left wing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times.
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