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Bad manors to rope Scotsman in with Europeans (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

romanians

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'europeans' is the definition.
(Romanian is an example)

'bad manors to rope scotsman in' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'scotsman' could be 'ian' (common Scottish name) and 'ian' is found in the answer.
an anagram of 'manors' is 'romans' which is present in the left over letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'with' is the link.

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(Another definition for romanians that I've seen is " nationals".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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