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New tavern is full of European idiots (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ninnies

'idiots' is the definition.
(ninny can mean a foolish person)

'new tavern is full of european' is the wordplay.
'new' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament).
'tavern' becomes 'inn' (I've seen this before).
'full of' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'european' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'is' going around 'e' is 'ies'.
'n'+'inn'+'ies'='NINNIES'

(Another definition for ninnies that I've seen is " Simpletons".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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