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Time red revolutionary earned (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

merited

'earned' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'time red revolutionary' is the wordplay.
'revolutionary' indicates an anagram.
'time'+'red'='timered'
'timered' anagrammed gives 'MERITED'.

(Other definitions for merited that I've seen before include "appropriate" , "Was worthy" , "Deresved" , "Properly earned or deserved" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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