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Seeing revolutionary, singular band (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

genesis

'band' is the definition.
(Genesis are a rock band)

'seeing revolutionary singular' is the wordplay.
'revolutionary' indicates an anagram.
'singular' becomes 's' (abbreviation sometimes used in dictionaries).
'seeing' with letters rearranged gives 'genesi'.
'genesi'+'s'='GENESIS'

(Other definitions for genesis that I've seen before include "Creation" , "Origin -- see sign (anag)" , "name of group" , "Band; book" , "First book of the Old Testament" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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