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Passes European circuits with ease, oddly (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elapses

'passes' is the definition.
('elapse' can be a synonym of 'pass')

'european circuits with ease oddly' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'circuits' becomes 'laps' ('lap' can be a synonym of 'circuit').
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'oddly' indicates alternate letters (letters in the odd-numbered positions are used).
The alternate letters of 'ease' are 'es'.
'e'+'laps'+'es'='ELAPSES'

(Other definitions for elapses that I've seen before include "Passes (in time)" , "Slips away" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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