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Happen to be neatly finished and attractive (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

comely

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

'happen to be neatly finished' is the wordplay.
'happen' becomes 'come' (coming is a kind of happening).
'to be neatly finished' becomes 'ly' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'come'+'ly'='COMELY'

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(Other definitions for comely that I've seen before include "Fair (but not lovely!)" , "Pleasing, graceful" , "Quite good-looking" , "Archaic word for good-looking, say maidens" , "Old word for good-looking, say a lass" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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