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Run “Roundhead” in the race (4)

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I believe the answer is:

trot

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'race' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'run roundhead in the' is the wordplay.
'run' becomes 'tot' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'roundhead' becomes 'r' (head letter of 'round').
'in the' is an insertion indicator.
'tot' placed around 'r' is 'TROT'.

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(Other definitions for trot that I've seen before include "leftie" , "Left wing" , "Slowish run, of horse or person" , "Old communist" , "movement of H [TROT]" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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