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Drags around European, and goes downhill quickly (5)

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I believe the answer is:

luges

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'downhill quickly' is the definition.
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'drags around european and goes' is the wordplay.
'drags' becomes 'lugs' (I've seen this in another clue).
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'european' becomes 'dane' (someone from Denmark).
'goes' suggests deleting specific letters.
'lugs' enclosing 'dane' is 'lugdanes'.
'lugdanes' with 'and' removed is 'LUGES'.

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