Townie struggles over English socialist disciple (7)

I believe the answer is:

owenite

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'socialist disciple' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'townie struggles over english' is the wordplay.
'struggles' indicates an anagram.
'over' indicates putting letters inside.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'townie' with letters rearranged gives 'ownite'.
'ownite' placed around 'e' is 'OWENITE'.

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(Another definition for owenite that I've seen is " Fan of social reform".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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