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Not the first to get victory in Euros playing with butterflies in one's stomach (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nervous

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'not the first to get victory in euros playing with butterflies in one's stomach' is the definition.
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'not the first to get victory in euros playing' is the wordplay.
'the first' suggests taking the first letters.
'to get' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'victory' becomes 'v' (**).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'playing' is an anagram indicator.
The first letter of 'not' is 'n'.
'euros' is an anagram of 'erous'.
'v' going within 'erous' is 'ervous'.
'n'+'ervous'='NERVOUS'

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(Other definitions for nervous that I've seen before include "Edgy" , "far from cool?" , "Agitated and apprehensive" , "'Apprehensive, uneasy (7)'" , "Easily alarmed" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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