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Enjoying pre-wedding party in Greece (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

athens

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'in greece' is the definition.
('Athens' is part of 'greece')

'enjoying pre-wedding party' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'party' could be 'hen' (hen party is a kind of party) and 'hen' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ats' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for athens that I've seen before include "city in Greece" , "Capital of Greece" , "Tan she got in Greece" , "Mediterranean capital" , "Plato's birthplace" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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