Fancy recruiting editor from Europe (7)
I believe the answer is:
swedish
'europe' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how they can define each other.
'fancy recruiting editor' is the wordplay.
'fancy' becomes 'swish' (swish means smart or fancy).
'recruiting' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are recruited into the word).
'editor' becomes 'ed' (abbreviation).
'swish' placed around 'ed' is 'SWEDISH'.
'from' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for swedish that I've seen before include "Nationality that swished around" , "from European country" , "From Uppsala, perhaps" , "like Bergman" , "Like Abba" .)