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Male escort Ewan stripped in a den of vice (5)

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I believe the answer is:

swain

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'male escort' is the definition.
'swain' can be an answer for 'escort' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'male' bit.

'ewan stripped in a den of vice' is the wordplay.
'stripped' indicates the central letters.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'a den of vice' becomes 'sin' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The central letters of 'ewan' are 'wa'.
'wa' placed within 'sin' is 'SWAIN'.

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(Other definitions for swain that I've seen before include "Male admirer" , "Young man" , "Rustic lover" , "Old word for young lover" , "fancier" .)

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