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Reveal nothing in political statement? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

manifesto

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'political statement?' is the definition.
'manifesto' can be an answer for 'statement?' (manifesto is a kind of statement). I am unsure of the 'political' bit.

'reveal nothing' is the wordplay.
'reveal' becomes 'manifest' (I've seen this before).
'nothing' becomes 'o' (looks like zero - 0).
'manifest'+'o'='MANIFESTO'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for manifesto that I've seen before include "party programme" , "statement of policy" , "Declaration of political programme" , "Pre-election policy declaration" , "Political statement of intent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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