Boy touring south of Spain cleaned up (9)
I believe the answer is:
laundered
'cleaned up' is the definition.
'laundered' can be an answer for 'cleaned' (laundering is a kind of cleaning). I am not sure about the 'up' bit.
'boy touring south of spain' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'boy' could be 'red' and 'red' is found in the answer.
'spain' could be 'e' (abbreviation for Espana) and 'e' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'laund' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for laundered that I've seen before include "Washed and pressed" , "Cleaned" , "Washed and ironed" .)