Crossword Genius

Foolish rugby player with sex appeal attends regularly (4-6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

half-witted

'foolish' is the definition.

'rugby player with sex appeal attends regularly' is the wordplay.
'rugby player' becomes 'half' (short for half-back).
'with' becomes 'w' (abbreviation**).
'sex appeal' becomes 'it'.
'regularly' indicates alternate letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
The alternate letters of 'attends' are 'ted'.
'half'+'w'+'it'+'ted'='HALF-WITTED'

(Other definitions for half-witted that I've seen before include "Feebleminded" , "Stupid" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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