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Wine supplier will support our party, reportedly (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bacchus

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'wine supplier' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'support our party reportedly' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'our party' could be 'us' (our group) and 'us' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'will' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for bacchus that I've seen before include "Divinity" , "Greek god of wine, also called Dionysus" , "Another name for Dionysus, Greek god of drink" , "Greek god of boozing" , "Greek god of booze" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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