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European married in Kent? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

swede

'european' is the definition.
(I know that Swede is a type of european)

'married in kent?' is the wordplay.
'married' becomes 'wed' (wed can mean married).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'kent?' becomes 'se' (Kent is part of the South East of England).
'wed' inserted within 'se' is 'SWEDE'.

(Other definitions for swede that I've seen before include "Man from Malmo" , "Strindberg, for example" , "N European" , "A turnip, or a Scandinavian" , "Person like Strindberg" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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