Cryptic crossword clue
One of Garibaldi’s dithers indecisively crossing river 3,5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 plus 5 letter word RED SHIRT

I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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What does RED SHIRT mean?

RED SHIRT noun
  1. A member of the UDD (National United Front for Democracy), supporters of Prime Minister Shinawatra, (and subsequently Abhisit Vejajiva) in the conflict in Thailand after the 2006 coup d'etat.
  2. A follower of Giuseppe Garibaldi, an Italian revolutionary in the later nineteenth century.
  3. A member of a paramilitary arm of the Democratic party in Mississippi and South Carolina at the end of Reconstruction.
RED SHIRT noun
  1. A minor character or member of a group, especially one who is expendable or likely to be killed.
  2. A sailor whose job it is to handle ordinance on an aircraft carrier.

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