Revolutionary leaving cigars for family (5)
I believe the answer is:
roots
'revolutionary leaving cigars for family' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'revolutionary leaving cigars' is the wordplay.
'revolutionary' becomes 'che' (Che Guevara the Marxist revolutionary).
'leaving' is a deletion indicator.
'cigars' becomes 'cheroots' (cheroot is a kind of cigar).
'cheroots' with 'che' removed is 'ROOTS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for roots that I've seen before include "Genealogy" , "Supports" , "Origins, of plants or people" , "Antecedents" , "Underground parts of plants" .)