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Lovely fun taking lady for date (6)

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I believe the answer is:

comely

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'lovely' is the definition.
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'fun taking lady for date' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'lady' could be 'mel' and 'mel' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'coy' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for comely that I've seen before include "Fair (but not lovely!)" , "Old word for good-looking, say a lass" , "Good-looking, old usage as of maiden" , "Quite good-looking" , "Old word for good-looking, perhaps a maiden" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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