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Prophet's revered bone, maybe, uncovered on return pilgrimage (6)

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I believe the answer is:

elijah

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'prophet's' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'uncovered on return pilgrimage' is the wordplay.
'uncovered' becomes 'eli' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'on return' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'pilgrimage' becomes 'haj' (haj is a kind of pilgrimage).
'haj' back-to-front is 'jah'.
'eli'+'jah'='ELIJAH'

'revered bone maybe' is the link.
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(Other definitions for elijah that I've seen before include "he prophesied" , "Hebrew prophet in the time of Jezebel" , "Old Testament prophet" , "OT, Islamic prophet" , "Hebrew prophet who rebuked Ahab and Jezebel" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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