Crossword Genius

Stress shown by European? Pass him nervously (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

emphasis

'stress' is the definition.
('emphasis' can be a synonym of 'stress')

'european? pass him nervously' is the wordplay.
'european?' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'nervously' is an anagram indicator.
'pass'+'him'='passhim'
'passhim' is an anagram of 'mphasis'.
'e'+'mphasis'='EMPHASIS'

'shown by' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for emphasis that I've seen before include "Stress or significance" , "Stress laid on, eg, words" , "Intensity of expression" , "Stress, accent" , "Weight" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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