Turn up with ace band feeling triumphant (4,1,4)
I believe the answer is:
cock a hoop
'triumphant' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'turn up with ace band' is the wordplay.
'turn up' becomes 'cock' (I've seen this in other clues).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'ace' becomes 'a' (abbreviation).
'band' becomes 'hoop' (hoop is a kind of band).
'cock'+'a'+'hoop'='COCK-A-HOOP'
'feeling' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cock a hoop that I've seen before include "ecstatic" , "in very high spirits" , "High-spirited" , "Extremely pleased" , "in raptures" .)