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Communist leader as one who joined spurious league
Readhead -=communist leader but why spurious league ?

From the Times blog

"" Red (communist), HEAD (leader). a reference to a Sherlock Holmes story The Red-Headed League and it's 'spurious' because the league was non-existent, I gather. It all seems rather obscure to me but I suppose them that knows it knows it and the answer was easy enough to spot.""

Good heavens !!!
Must we now read every single book to answer the crossword ???
Thank you kind person.......
.. Bozo

It would have foxed me too !