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Sun filled out before fellow becomes hedonistic (4,9)

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I believe the answer is:

self indulgent

'hedonistic' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'sun filled out before fellow' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates an anagram (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'before' says to put letters next to each other.
'fellow' becomes 'gent' (synonyms).
'sun'+'filled'='sunfilled'
'sunfilled' is an anagram of 'selfindul'.
'selfindul'+'gent'='SELF-INDULGENT'

'becomes' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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