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Try being hugged by a European bear (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abide

'bear' is the definition.
('abide' can be a synonym of 'bear')

'try being hugged by a european' is the wordplay.
'try' becomes 'bid' (bid is a kind of try).
'being hugged by' means one lot of letters goes inside another (I've seen this in other clues).
'european' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'a'+'e'='ae'
'bid' placed inside 'ae' is 'ABIDE'.

(Other definitions for abide that I've seen before include "Wait for" , "lodge" , "Stand" , "Put up with" , "brook" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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