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Drinks the Spanish made from this plant (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

teasel

'this plant' is the definition.
(teasel is a kind of plant)

'drinks the spanish' is the wordplay.
'drinks' becomes 'teas' (tea is a kind of drink).
'the spanish' becomes 'el' ('the' in Spanish).
'teas'+'el'='TEASEL'

'made from' is the link.

(Other definitions for teasel that I've seen before include "Dried flower head" , "it helps us to nap" , "Eel sat up on the plant" , "Sat eel up on the herb" , "Plant with prickly flower heads" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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