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Criticise the Spanish judges (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

panel

'judges' is the definition.

'criticise the spanish' is the wordplay.
'criticise' becomes 'pan' (informal term meaning to criticise heavily).
'the spanish' becomes 'el' ('the' in Spanish).
'pan'+'el'='PANEL'

(Other definitions for panel that I've seen before include "Bordered rectangular area" , "Discussion group" , "Group of people chosen to judge, discuss etc" , "Committee to judge a competition or list from which to appoint someone" , "Team selected, to judge a competition perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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