Revolutionary in Sulawesi spill, establishing faction… (8)
I believe the answer is:
ellipsis
'faction' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.
'revolutionary in sulawesi spill establishing' is the wordplay.
'revolutionary' is a reversal indicator (letters revolve around).
'in' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue.
'sispille' can be found hidden inside 'sulawesi spill establishing'.
'sispille' written backwards gives 'ELLIPSIS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ellipsis that I've seen before include "dotty marking" , "Omission of parts of words or sentences" , "Omission of words from speech or writing" , "Set of three dots in a text indicating an omission" , "Omission of parts of words, in poetry say" .)