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She's no rabid leftist! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mildred

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'she's' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'no rabid leftist' is the wordplay.
'no rabid' becomes 'mild' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'leftist' becomes 'red' (red can informally mean communist).
'mild'+'red'='MILDRED'

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(Other definitions for mildred that I've seen before include "Girl" , "Woman" , "lady?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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