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Looking bright and a wee bit gentlemanly in a suit! (6)

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I believe the answer is:

sunlit

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'looking bright and a wee bit' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'gentlemanly in a suit' is the wordplay.
'gentlemanly' becomes 'nl' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'nl' placed within 'suit' is 'SUNLIT'.

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(Other definitions for sunlit that I've seen before include "Unclouded" , "Insult (anag.)" , "Hit by solar rays" , "Brightly illuminated" , "Illuminated from 93,000,000 miles away" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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