One who adores working dire soil (8)

I believe the answer is:

idoliser

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'one who adores' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'working dire soil' is the wordplay.
'working' indicates anagramming the letters.
'dire'+'soil'='diresoil'
'diresoil' with letters rearranged gives 'IDOLISER'.

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