Red wine guzzler, say, punched by jockey (6)
I believe the answer is:
soviet
'red' is the definition.
(red is an informal term for a communist)
'wine guzzler say punched by jockey' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'jockey' could be 'vie' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'vie' is located in the answer.
'guzzler' could be 'sot' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'sot' is located in the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for soviet that I've seen before include "Old government council" , "National council in former USSR" , "Cold war rival" , "Russian workers' council, originally" , "Former Russian council" .)