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Silent revolutionary holding small signs up (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

enlists

'signs up' is the definition.
(enlisting is a kind of signing up)

'silent revolutionary holding small' is the wordplay.
'revolutionary' indicates anagramming the letters.
'holding' says to put letters next to each other.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size**).
'silent' anagrammed gives 'enlist'.
'enlist'+'s'='ENLISTS'

(Other definitions for enlists that I've seen before include "Joins up" , "Recruits" , "volunteers" , "Listens (anag.)" , "gets involved" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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