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Invite misery, revealing list (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

itemise

'list' is the definition.
('list'->'itemize' is in my internal thesaurus and 'ize'->'ise')

'invite misery revealing' is the wordplay.
'revealing' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue.
'ITEMISE' can be found hidden inside 'invite misery'.

(Other definitions for itemise that I've seen before include "catalogue" , "specific" , "List one by one (S, not Z)" , "Enumerate" , "Set down separately" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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