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Europeans in resort with terrible drains (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spaniards

'europeans' is the definition.
(people from Spain)

'resort with terrible drains' is the wordplay.
'resort' becomes 'spa' (spa is a kind of resort).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'terrible' is an anagram indicator.
'drains' is an anagram of 'niards'.
'spa'+'niards'='SPANIARDS'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for spaniards that I've seen before include "Natives of Seville, say" , "Iberians" , "Pass dinar to Europeans" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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