Like the household name who made whoopee? (10)
I believe the answer is:
celebrated
'made whoopee?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with social activities as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'like the household name' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is located in the answer.
'name' could be 'cele' and 'cele' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'who' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for celebrated that I've seen before include "Observed (festival); famous" , "Rejoiced - famous" , "Notable" , "Eminent" , "Did something enjoyable (to mark an event)" .)