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[kear48ns]

member of the administrative system of the communist party sepecially in former soviet union thanks

[factor-fiction]

Apparatchik (check spelling)

[factor-fiction]

Did you know you were in History rather than Crosswords section? It's always best to include details of the letter count and known pattern

[factor-fiction]

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[scorpiojo]

Welcome to AB. Have a read of this:

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/article/etiquette-for-asking-a-quiz-puzzle-or-crossword-question/

[Peter Pedant]

apparatchik

I asked a Hungarian what a lady apparatchik was - I punted apparatchikova but apparently it was apparatchika

He then volunteered that to go to Uni in Hungary in the Good Old Days, near fluency in Russian was required ( and examined )

[ABAuntie]

moved to crosswords :-)

auntie xxx