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Essentially cocky, Athos and Aramis developed allure (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

charisma

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'allure' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'essentially cocky athos and aramis developed' is the wordplay.
'essentially cocky athos' becomes 'ch' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'developed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'aramis' is an anagram of 'arisma'.
'ch'+'arisma'='CHARISMA'

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(Other definitions for charisma that I've seen before include "Allure" , "divinely conferred talent?" , "Compelling charm" , "attractive quality" , "Amish car (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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