European is first past another European (8)

I believe the answer is:

prussian

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

'first past another european' is the wordplay.
'first' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'past another' becomes 'p' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'european' becomes 'russian' (Russian is an example).
'p' next to 'russian' is 'PRUSSIAN'.

'is' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for prussian that I've seen before include "Relating to a former German state" , "Native of a former German kingdom" , "Ova" .)

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

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