Victor is an old hand behind the foreign type of revolution (6)
I believe the answer is:
velvet
'type of revolution' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'victor is an old hand behind the foreign' is the wordplay.
'victor' becomes 'v' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'is an old hand' becomes 'vet' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'behind' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'the foreign' becomes 'el'.
'vet' put after 'el' is 'elvet'.
'v'+'elvet'='VELVET'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for velvet that I've seen before include "Fabric of silk, cotton or nylon" , "Fabric with short, soft pile" , "Iron fist may be encased in a . . . . . . glove" , "A glove made of this might cover an iron hand" , "Soft-surfaced fabric" .)