Here, the Marseillaise wins award for muppet (8)
I believe the answer is:
imbecile
'here' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'marseillaise wins award for muppet' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'award' could be 'mb' (MB is an example) and 'mb' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'the' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for imbecile that I've seen before include "Abusive word for foolish person" , "An unintelligent person, very low IQ" , "Moron or cretin" , "Jerk" , "Charlie" .)