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Perhaps European is satisfied with Scarface staying at home? (11)

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I believe the answer is:

continental

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'perhaps european' is the definition.
'continental' can be an answer for 'european' (I've seen this before). I'm not sure about the 'perhaps' bit.

'is satisfied with scarface staying at home?' is the wordplay.
'is satisfied' becomes 'content' ('content' can be similar in meaning to 'satisfied').
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'scarface' becomes 'al' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'staying' indicates putting letters inside (stay could historically mean to imprison).
'at home?' becomes 'in' ('in' can be similar in meaning to 'at home').
'content'+'al'='contental'
'contental' going around 'in' is 'CONTINENTAL'.

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(Other definitions for continental that I've seen before include "Geological movement of land masses" , "French for example" , "European" , "Sort of breakfast, drift or quilt" , "From mainland Europe" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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