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The handsome youth said no, unfortunately (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

adonis

'the handsome youth' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'said no unfortunately' is the wordplay.
'unfortunately' indicates anagramming the letters.
'said'+'no'='saidno'
'saidno' is an anagram of 'ADONIS'.

(Other definitions for adonis that I've seen before include "Beautiful Greek youth" , "lovely chap" , "Said no to the Greek youth" , "Most 8 Greek youth" , "Beautiful young man" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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