Wine supplier will support our party, reportedly (7)
I believe the answer is:
bacchus
'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" .)