Reportedly condescends to Scandinavians (5)
I believe the answer is:
danes
'scandinavians' is the definition.
(people from Denmark)
'reportedly condescends' is the wordplay.
'reportedly' shows a homophone (sound like).
'condescends' becomes 'deigns' (to deign to do something is to condescend to it).
'deigns' sounds like 'DANES'.
'to' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for danes that I've seen before include "Sedan (anag.)" , "Natives of, eg, Copenhagen" , "Europeans who inhabit Andes" , "E.g. Hamlet and Canute" , "Scandinavians" .)