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Revolutionary soldiers holding back party (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shindig

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'party' is the definition.
(shindig is a kind of party)

'revolutionary soldiers holding back' is the wordplay.
'revolutionary soldiers' becomes 'sig' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'holding' is an insertion indicator.
'back' becomes 'hind' (synonyms).
'sig' going around 'hind' is 'SHINDIG'.

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(Other definitions for shindig that I've seen before include "Rumpus" , "Hidings (anag) - party" , "Noisy disturbance" , "Bash" , "Noisy knees-up" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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