Dodge reckless duel with European (5)
I believe the answer is:
elude
'dodge' is the definition.
(I know that dodge can be written as elude)
'reckless duel with european' is the wordplay.
'reckless' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'duel' anagrammed gives 'elud'.
'elud'+'e'='ELUDE'
(Other definitions for elude that I've seen before include "Avoid (e.g. capture)" , "Escape by stratagem" , "Avoid first" , "Evade, escape from" , "Get round" .)