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One who wallows in merrymaking? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

reveller

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'one who wallows' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'merrymaking?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'merrymaking?' could be 'revel' (revel is a kind of merrymaking) and 'revel' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for reveller that I've seen before include "One who carouses or parties" , "Merrymaker, loud party-goer" , "Party girl" , "Carouser, merrymaker" , "Noisy party-goer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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