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Goes up in the air when one discloses unexpectedly (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

springs

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'discloses unexpectedly' is the definition.
'springs' can be an answer for 'discloses' (springing is a kind of disclosing). I'm not sure about the 'unexpectedly' bit.

'goes up in the air when one' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'goes' could be 'rings' (ringing is a kind of going) and 'rings' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for springs that I've seen before include "what might be after Alice?" , "Natural flows of ground water" , "Jumps; metal coils" , "Elastic metal coils" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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