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Material that hurt in revealing (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

towelling

'material' is the definition.
(towelling is a kind of material)

'that hurt in revealing' is the wordplay.
'that hurt' becomes 'ow' (I've seen this in other clues).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'revealing' becomes 'telling' (telling is a kind of revealing**).
'ow' placed inside 'telling' is 'TOWELLING'.

(Other definitions for towelling that I've seen before include "Bathrobe fabric" , "Absorbent cloth" , "Terry" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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