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Graceful European student, for example, with a set of books (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elegant

'graceful' is the definition.
(I know that graceful can be written as elegant)

'european student for example with a set of books' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'student' becomes 'L' (as in L-plates for learner drivers).
'for example' becomes 'e.g.' (short for 'exempli gratia', 'for example' in Latin).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'set of books' becomes 'NT' (New Testament).
'e'+'l'+'eg'+'a'+'nt'='ELEGANT'

(Other definitions for elegant that I've seen before include "Teen gal (anag.)" , "Well-dressed" , "Modish" , "Well-turned" , "Refined and dignified in appearance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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