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Regularly, State representative in Europe uses charm (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tempt

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'charm' is the definition.
(I know that charm can be written as tempt)

'regularly state representative in europe' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'representative' could be 'mp' (Member of Parliament, a representative) and 'mp' is found within the answer.
'europe' could be 'e' (abbreviation eg in E number) and 'e' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'uses' is the link.

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(Other definitions for tempt that I've seen before include "Entice - persuade" , "Attract, charm, entice" , "Scaly mammal" , "Entice (to sin)" , "draw" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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