Crossword Genius

Red makes Military Intelligence come out (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

commie

'red' is the definition.
(I know that commie is a type of red)

'military intelligence come out' is the wordplay.
'military intelligence' becomes 'MI' (as in MI5 or MI6 - British military intelligence).
'out' is an insertion indicator.
'mi' going into 'come' is 'COMMIE'.

'makes' is the link.

(Other definitions for commie that I've seen before include "Red" , "Extreme left-winger" , "Eg, Marxist (colloq.)" , "Left wing" .)

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