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Good old Indo-European person entertaining any handsome youth (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ganymede

'handsome youth' is the definition.
(handsome boy in Greek myth)

'good old indo-european person entertaining any' is the wordplay.
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'old indo-european person' becomes 'mede' (the Medes lived in the ancient city of Media).
'entertaining' indicates putting letters inside.
'g'+'mede'='gmede'
'gmede' enclosing 'any' is 'GANYMEDE'.

(Other definitions for ganymede that I've seen before include "Cupbearer of Greek gods - largest moon of Jupiter" , "One of Jupiter's moons" , "Beautiful cupbearer to the gods" , "beautiful boy" , "servant of God" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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