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European accidentally rang me (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

german

'european' is the definition.
(German is an example)

'accidentally rang me' is the wordplay.
'accidentally' indicates an anagram (a chaotic or accidental ordering of the letters).
'rang'+'me'='rangme'
'rangme' anagrammed gives 'GERMAN'.

(Other definitions for german that I've seen before include "Teutonic language" , "Rang me up about the nationality" , "Alsatian" , "Composer, English? Yes" , "Helmut?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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