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Smoke coming from red jumper lit at the rear (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cheroot

'smoke' is the definition.
(type of cigar)

'red jumper lit at the rear' is the wordplay.
'red' becomes 'Che' (as in Che Guevara, a communist or 'red').
'jumper' becomes 'roo' (short for kangaroo, something which jumps).
'at the rear' suggests the final letters.
The last letter of 'lit' is 't'.
'che'+'roo'+'t'='CHEROOT'

'coming from' is the link.

(Other definitions for cheroot that I've seen before include "smoke" , "Square-cut cigar" , "Type of cigar" , "Variety of cigar" , "One smoked" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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