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Anticlimax revealing wand? (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

false dawn

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This could be a double definition.

'anticlimax' is the first definition.
(a false dawn causes disappointment or anticlimax)

'wand?' is the second definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'revealing' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for false dawn that I've seen before include "Promising situation that comes to nothing" , "Light before sunrise" , "time of illusory promise" , "transient light?" , "Leads fawn into illusory light or deceptive beginning" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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