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Condescends, say, to Europeans (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

danes

'europeans' is the definition.
(Danish people)

'condescends say' is the wordplay.
'condescends' becomes 'deigns' (to deign to do something is to condescend to it).
'say' shows a homophone (sound like).
'deigns' sounds like 'DANES'.

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for danes that I've seen before include "Natives of, eg, Copenhagen" , "Vikings" , "E.g. Hamlet and Canute" , "Scandinavians" , "people in Copenhagen" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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