Has fun manipulating levers (6)

I believe the answer is:

revels

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'has fun manipulating levers' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'manipulating levers' is the wordplay.
'manipulating' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'levers' anagrammed gives 'REVELS'.

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(Other definitions for revels that I've seen before include "Our . . . . . . now are ended (The Tempest)" , "Carousals, high jinks" , "Has great fun with levers" , "Noisy celebrations" , "Noisy festivities" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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