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European head travelling west somewhere in Germany (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

essen

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'in germany' is the definition.
('Essen' is part of 'germany')

'european head travelling west' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'head' becomes 'ness' (type of geographical point).
'travelling west' is a reversal indicator.
'ness' back-to-front is 'ssen'.
'e'+'ssen'='ESSEN'

'somewhere' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for essen that I've seen before include "city in the Ruhr valley" , "Krupp HQ (Ger.)" , "German place name" , "German industrial city on the Ruhr" , "European city" .)

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