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Reveller said bet on outsider (12)

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bacchanalian

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'reveller' is the definition.
(I have seen 'drunken reveller' mean 'bacchanalian' so perhaps 'reveller' could also mean 'bacchanalian')

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(Other definitions for bacchanalian that I've seen before include "Relating to drunken revelry" , "Drunken, orgiastic (revel)" , "drunken reveller" , "description of drunken revels" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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