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European staff had to come out (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

emanate

'come out' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'european staff had' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'staff' becomes 'man' (as in staffing or manning a particular place).
'had' becomes 'ate' (e.g. I had an ice cream).
'e'+'man'+'ate'='EMANATE'

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for emanate that I've seen before include "spring" , "Issue or originate from manatee" , "Rise" , "Come forth" , "Proceed or issue forth" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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