Divert attention from poor dupe welcoming the men without the women (8)
I believe the answer is:
upstaged
'dupe welcoming the men without the women' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'divert attention from poor' is the wordplay.
'divert attention from' becomes 'upstage' (I've seen this before).
'poor' becomes 'd' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'upstage'+'d'='UPSTAGED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for upstaged that I've seen before include "Drew attention to oneself away from someone else" , "Outshone" , "Outmanoeuvred by player" , "Diverted attention from - another actor?" , "Drew attention from (another actor)" .)