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Subversive spoon? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

stirrer

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This might be a double definition.

'subversive' is the first definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'spoon?' is the second definition.
(I've seen this before)

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(Other definitions for stirrer that I've seen before include "Troublesome" , "Scaremonger" , "engineering several revolutions in Darjeeling?" , "Implement for mixing" , "One deliberately causing trouble" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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