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Celebrate rising machine operator (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lever

'machine operator' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'celebrate rising' is the wordplay.
'celebrate' becomes 'revel' (reveling is a kind of celebrating).
'rising' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (going up in a down clue).
'revel' backwards is 'LEVER'.

(Other definitions for lever that I've seen before include "Crowbar" , "Kind of bar for prising or lifting" , "Prize" , "Rod" , "Rigid bar pivoting about a fulcrum" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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