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Graduate motionless beside European fortress (8)

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I believe the answer is:

bastille

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

'graduate motionless beside european' is the wordplay.
'graduate' becomes 'ba' (someone with a Bachelor of Arts degree).
'motionless' becomes 'still' (synonyms).
'beside' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'ba'+'still'+'e'='BASTILLE'

(Other definitions for bastille that I've seen before include "Former Parisian prison" , "Notorious Paris prison stormed in French revolution" , "Paris prison stormed at the start of the French Revolution" , "French fortress" , "Parisian fortress" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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