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Festivity at number one -- turned up for unveiling (10)

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I believe the answer is:

revelation

'unveiling' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'festivity at number one turned up' is the wordplay.
'festivity' becomes 'revel' (revel is a kind of festivity).
'number' becomes 'no' (abbreviation).
'one' becomes 'I' (Roman numeral).
'turned up' is a reversal indicator.
'no'+'i'='noi'
'noi' back-to-front is 'ion'.
'revel'+'at'+'ion'='REVELATION'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for revelation that I've seen before include "telling statement" , "Part of Bible" , "enlightening experience" , "Suprising disclosure" , "The last book to give clergyman" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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