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Bar making a comeback for merrymaking (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

revel

'merrymaking' is the definition.
(revel is a kind of merrymaking)

'bar making a comeback' is the wordplay.
'bar' becomes 'lever' (lever is a kind of bar).
'making a comeback' is a reversal indicator.
'lever' backwards is 'REVEL'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for revel that I've seen before include "Have noisy fun" , "Lever (anag.)" , "Paint the town red" , "Make merry; luxuriate (in)" , "Feast riotously" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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