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Party missing volleyball getting lost in Nice (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lovely

'nice' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'party missing volleyball getting lost' is the wordplay.
'party' becomes 'ball' (ball is a kind of party).
'missing' is a deletion indicator.
'getting lost' indicates an anagram.
'volleyball' with 'ball' taken away is 'volley'.
'volley' with letters rearranged gives 'LOVELY'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for lovely that I've seen before include "Very nice -- coy elm (anag)" , "Admirable" , "Attractive" , "Beautiful or delightful" , "Adorable" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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