Legally qualified European held in contempt unfortunately (9)

I believe the answer is:

competent

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'legally qualified' is the definition.
'competent' can be an answer for 'qualified' (associated in meaning). I am not certain of the 'legally' bit.

'european held in contempt unfortunately' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'held in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'unfortunately' is an anagram indicator (a bad or unfortunate spelling).
'contempt' anagrammed gives 'comptent'.
'e' inserted within 'comptent' is 'COMPETENT'.

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(Other definitions for competent that I've seen before include "Able (to do something)" , ""not bad"" , "Expert" , "Efficient, capable" , "Teen drink" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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