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European leaves America just like that (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

thus

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'like that' is the definition.
(as in 'like so')

'european leaves america' is the wordplay.
'european leaves' becomes 'th' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'america' becomes 'US' (United States).
'th'+'us'='THUS'

'just' is the link.

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(Other definitions for thus that I've seen before include "Consequently" , "In this manner" , "Shut (anag.)" , "As a result" , "as indicated" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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