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Forced English, Dutch and American to return (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

made

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

'english dutch and american to return' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'dutch' becomes 'd' (common abbreviation).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'american' becomes 'am' (abbreviation in some contexts).
'to return' is a reversal indicator.
'e'+'d'+'am'='edam'
'edam' reversed gives 'MADE'.

(Other definitions for made that I've seen before include "Built" , "Manufactured" , "One renovating (painting)" , "Produced" , "Forced" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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