The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 13 letter word REVOLUTIONARY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result REVOLUTIONARY
- Cleric on trial you worked out to be subversive type
- New relationship originally developing
- Turning red
- Possible Trotskyist doing the rounds?
- Voyeur on trial, criminal in novel
- Rex gets Darwinian novel
- Radical Republican developing
- Mistress turned out in a fancy coat of ruby red
- New French calendar?
- Rebel, Republican in transition
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The straight part
We know that "novel" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case novel = revolutionary.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does REVOLUTIONARY mean?
REVOLUTIONARY noun- A revolutionist; a person who revolts.
- , Chopin's 'Revolutionary Etude' Op. 10 no. 12
- Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution
- Pertaining to something that portends of great change; overthrowing a standing mindset
- Pertaining to something that revolves