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Cricketer's family? They embodied youth, beauty and elegance (3,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

the graces

'they embodied youth beauty and elegance' is the definition.
(as in the Graces of Greek mythology)

'cricketer's family?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'cricketer's' could be 'graces' and 'graces' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'the' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

(Other definitions for the graces that I've seen before include "beautiful sisters" , "W. G. along with his talented brothers" , "beautiful females" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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