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European bath with rotating plughole (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spaniard

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

'bath with rotating plughole' is the wordplay.
'bath' becomes 'spa' (I've seen this before).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'rotating' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'plughole' becomes 'drain'.
'drain' in reverse letter order is 'niard'.
'spa'+'niard'='SPANIARD'

(Other definitions for spaniard that I've seen before include "Eg, a native of Madrid" , "Person from Eurozone" , "Slope-measuring instrument" , "A native of Iberian country" , "Native of southern European country" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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