Lived with the Spanish in outskirts of Detroit (5)
I believe the answer is:
dwelt
'lived' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'with the spanish in outskirts of detroit' is the wordplay.
'with' becomes 'w' (short for with).
'the spanish' becomes 'el' ('the' in Spanish).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'outskirts of' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (only letters on the outskirts).
'detroit' with its middle removed is 'dt'.
'w'+'el'='wel'
'wel' going within 'dt' is 'DWELT'.
(Other definitions for dwelt that I've seen before include "lodged" , "hung out" , "Inhabited" , "Lived, resided" , "Lived in, musically in marbe halls" .)