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An actor I cast, European (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

croatian

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

'an actor i cast' is the wordplay.
'cast' indicates an anagram (letters are dispersed or cast around).
'an'+'actor'+'i'='anactori'
'anactori' is an anagram of 'CROATIAN'.

(Other definitions for croatian that I've seen before include "Split personality" , "European native" , "Raincoat (anag.)" , "from area in Europe" , "Native to a Balkan republic that became independent in 1991" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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