Socialist scheme to get alien on Mars (9)
I believe the answer is:
redplanet
'mars' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.
'socialist scheme to get alien' is the wordplay.
'socialist' becomes 'red' (socialism is often associated with the colour red).
'scheme' becomes 'plan' (synonyms).
'to get' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'alien' becomes 'et' (extraterrestrial).
'red'+'plan'+'et'='REDPLANET'
'on' acts as a link.
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