The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word MAOIST
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result MAOIST
- Carelessly omits a Chinese revolutionary
- Tearful, arresting a revolutionary
- 18D flyer perhaps circling over area in fog
- Damp home for China’s last chairman’s supporter?
- A boring wet lefty
- Tom is a potential supporter of the chairman!
- Red film screens all orange, initially
- ‘Wet’ encompasses a person with left-wing tendencies
- Convert to aims of a revolutionary leader
- Red version of Taoism
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