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Dismiss European high-flier that's taken cocaine (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eject

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'dismiss' is the definition.
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'european high-flier that's taken cocaine' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'high flier' becomes 'jet' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'that's taken' is an insertion indicator.
'cocaine' becomes 'c' (drugs abbreviation).
'jet' placed around 'c' is 'ject'.
'e'+'ject'='EJECT'

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(Other definitions for eject that I've seen before include "Put out or expel" , "Turf out" , "Throw out violently" , "Finally leave plane" , "Expel, chuck out" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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