European man turned to escape (5)

I believe the answer is:

evade

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'escape' is the definition.
(evading is a kind of escaping)

'european man turned' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'eva' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'man' becomes 'ed' (short for Edward).
'turned' is a reversal indicator.
'ed' written backwards gives 'de'.
'eva'+'de'='EVADE'

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for evade that I've seen before include "Dodge or escape" , "Keep away from" , "Escape paying (tax)" , "Dodge, steer clear of" , "Dodge by cleverness (5)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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