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Team that briefly changed its name during the 1950s to appease McCarthyites (4)

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I believe the answer is:

reds

(Other definitions for reds that I've seen before include "First snooker balls to be potted" , "Scarlet and crimson, say" , "Scarlet communists" , "Tidies up" , "These are not right" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.
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