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Revolutionary leaving cigars for family (5)

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roots

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'revolutionary leaving cigars for family' is the definition.
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'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'.

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(Other definitions for roots that I've seen before include "Genealogy" , "Supports" , "Origins, of plants or people" , "Antecedents" , "Underground parts of plants" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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