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Second drink by youth leader, athletic (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sporty

'athletic' is the definition.
(athletic means sporty or fit)

'second drink by youth leader' is the wordplay.
'second' becomes 's' (common abbreviation).
'drink' becomes 'port' (port is a kind of drink).
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'leader' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'youth' is 'y'.
's'+'port'+'y'='SPORTY'

(Other definitions for sporty that I've seen before include "Describing clothes marked by gaudiness or jazziness" , "Given to physical game-playing" , "preferring to play" , "This 13 [SPICE]" , "Athletic" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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