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European head going round German city (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

essen

'german city' is the definition.
(city in Germany)

'european head going round' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'head' becomes 'ness' (ness is a headland).
'going round' says the letters should be written backwards.
'ness' written backwards gives 'ssen'.
'e'+'ssen'='ESSEN'

(Other definitions for essen that I've seen before include "German place name" , "German industrial city on the Ruhr" , "Krupp HQ (Ger.)" , "Industrial city of northwest Germany" , "German industrial centre" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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