Time red revolutionary earned (7)
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" .)