Euan crosses moor to find continental (8)
I believe the answer is:
european
'continental' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'euan crosses moor' is the wordplay.
'crosses' indicates putting letters inside.
'moor' becomes 'rope' (as in mooring a boat with rope).
'euan' placed around 'rope' is 'EUROPEAN'.
'to find' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for european that I've seen before include "The E of the EU" , "German, for example" , "Continental inhabitant" , "Dubliner, Londoner, Berliner, for instance" , "Inhabitant of the second smallest continent" .)