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Tories' leader goes off left-wingers (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trots

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'left-wingers' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.

'tories' leader goes off' is the wordplay.
'leader' says to take the initial letters.
'goes off' becomes 'rots' (go off can mean to rot or decay).
The first letter of 'tories' is 't'.
't'+'rots'='TROTS'

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(Other definitions for trots that I've seen before include "jogs" , "Runs slowly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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