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Stirred spin about Italy's head Communist (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inspired

'stirred' is the definition.
(inspiring is a kind of stirring)

'spin about italy's head communist' is the wordplay.
'about' is an anagram indicator.
'head' suggests taking the first letters.
'communist' becomes 'red' (red is a kind of communist).
The initial letter of 'italy' is 'i'.
'spin' with letters rearranged gives 'insp'.
'insp'+'i'+'red'='INSPIRED'

(Other definitions for inspired that I've seen before include "Drew in" , "Brilliant (guess); aroused" , "Having a suddenly brilliant idea" , "Stimulated to excellence" , "Start, beginning" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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