Cleverly avoid duel with English fans (5)
I believe the answer is:
elude
'cleverly avoid' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'duel with english fans' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'fans' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'fanned' mean this (I've seen this in other clues)).
'duel'+'e'='duele'
'duele' is an anagram of 'ELUDE'.
(Other definitions for elude that I've seen before include "Avoid first" , "Escape by stratagem" , "Escape from; baffle" , "Puzzle" , "Escape - avoid" .)