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Revelation, beautiful woman (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bombshell

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'revelation' is the definition.
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'beautiful woman' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'woman' could be 'shell' and 'shell' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'bomb' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for bombshell that I've seen before include "Sudden disappointment" , "Piece of devastating news" , "big disappointment" , "Unpleasant surprise" , "attractive blonde" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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