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Clip of acrobat or erotic entertainer from Spain (6)

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I believe the answer is:

torero

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'entertainer from spain' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
I also know that 'spain' relates to this answer.

'clip of acrobat or erotic' is the wordplay.
'clip of' indicates the central letters (I've seen 'clip' mean this (the wings or edge letters of the word get clipped)).
'acrobat' becomes 'contortionist' (contortionist is a kind of acrobat).
'erotic' becomes 'ero' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The middle letter of 'contortionist' is 't'.
't'+'or'+'ero'='TORERO'

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(Other definitions for torero that I've seen before include "Spaniard in ring" , "One perhaps impaled" , "Blood-sport participant" , "Spanish fighter" , "Bullring occupant" .)

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