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Testimony of European study in immorality (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

evidence

'testimony' is the definition.
(testimony is evidence given in court)

'european study in immorality' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'study' becomes 'den' (term for a study or office).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'immorality' becomes 'vice' (vice can mean immoral behaviour).
'den' inserted into 'vice' is 'vidence'.
'e'+'vidence'='EVIDENCE'

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for evidence that I've seen before include "Confirmation" , "Matters of fact put to a court" , "Information to help form a conclusion" , "The basis for belief or disbelief" , "Supporting facts" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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