The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word REDHEAD
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result REDHEAD
- Communist leader as one who joined spurious league?
- Unexpectedly heard about editor’s girl with distinctive hair?
- Communist leader Elizabeth I, perhaps?
- Duck revolutionary leader
- Communist leader, Elizabeth I perhaps?
- Communist nut one in ginger group?
- Left-wing teacher, one with ginger hair
- Study about Edward, Henry and Elizabeth I, say
- Socialist leader such as Kinnock perhaps?
- Top copper?
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What does REDHEAD mean?
REDHEAD noun- A person with red hair.
- A North American duck (Aythya americana) highly esteemed as a game bird.
- A kind of milkweed (Asclepia curassavica), with red flowers, formerly used in medicine.
- Chinese red-headed centipede
- Red-headed bunting (Emberiza bruniceps)
- Red-headed titi (Callicebus regulus)
- Red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus)
- Red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)