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Comely youth, one entering quarters after a party (6)

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I believe the answer is:

adonis

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'comely youth' is the definition.

'one entering quarters after a party' is the wordplay.
'one entering quarters' becomes 'nis' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'party' becomes 'do' (do is a kind of party).
'a'+'do'='ado'
'nis' after 'ado' is 'ADONIS'.

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(Other definitions for adonis that I've seen before include "Handsome Greek loved by Aphrodite" , "Aphrodite's beloved" , "Handsome Gk. youth" , "Hunk" , "Handsome fellow" .)

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