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Dodged the Spanish dude? Rubbish! (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eluded

'dodged' is the definition.
('elude' can be a synonym of 'dodge')

'the spanish dude? rubbish' is the wordplay.
'the spanish' becomes 'el' ('the' in Spanish).
'rubbish' indicates an anagram (a poor quality or rubbish spelling of the letters).
'dude' is an anagram of 'uded'.
'el'+'uded'='ELUDED'

(Other definitions for eluded that I've seen before include "Escaped by stratagem" , "Dodged, avoided" , "'Dodged, escaped (6)'" , "Escaped skilfully from, avoided" , "Delude, having escaped capture" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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