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Beautiful man said no unfortunately (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

adonis

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'beautiful man' is the definition.
'adonis' can be an answer for 'man' (adonis is a kind of man). I'm not certain of the 'beautiful' bit.

'said no unfortunately' is the wordplay.
'unfortunately' indicates anagramming the letters (a bad or unfortunate spelling).
'said'+'no'='saidno'
'saidno' anagrammed gives 'ADONIS'.

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(Other definitions for adonis that I've seen before include "Aphrodite's love" , "Beautiful (Greek) man" , "Aphrodite loved this beautiful youth" , "Handsome youth loved by Aphrodite" , "Handsome Gk. youth" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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