Rigged tally to exclude new socialist (9)
I believe the answer is:
accoutred
'rigged tally' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with ownership as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'exclude new socialist' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'socialist' could be 'red' (red can informally mean a socialist) and 'red' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for accoutred that I've seen before include "Given requisite kit" , "in dress" , "dressed" , "Suitably equipped" .)