Possible Clues:

• Scotch - an acceptable term for European?
• Copenhagen this capital
• In bowl, an accompaniment to coffee
• In hurry, put back in speech from Hamlet?
• European was obliged to admit crime, suffering fate of Mussolini?
• Nice pastry from Copenhagen
• Breakfast item
• Scandinavian, pastry perhaps
• Like Hans Andersen and his diversified characters
• Language course includes article / noun combination