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Are one-up playing in such competition? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

european

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'such competition?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.

'are one-up playing' is the wordplay.
'playing' indicates an anagram.
'are'+'one'+'up'='areoneup'
'areoneup' anagrammed gives 'EUROPEAN'.

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for european that I've seen before include "Dubliner, Londoner, Berliner, for instance" , "'Belgian, Spaniard or Greek, say (8)'" , "Of particular continent" , "Pole, perhaps" , "possibly from Italy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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