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Family grabbing at a tongue in Barcelona? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

catalan

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'tongue in barcelona?' is the definition.
'Catalan' can be an answer for 'tongue' (Catalan is an example). I am not sure about the 'in barcelona?' bit.

'family grabbing at a' is the wordplay.
'family' becomes 'clan' (clan can mean a large family).
'grabbing' is an insertion indicator.
'at'+'a'='ata'
'clan' placed around 'ata' is 'CATALAN'.

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(Other definitions for catalan that I've seen before include "Native of northeast Spain" , "Of NE Spanish region" , "Native of NE Spain area" , "Language of NE Spain" , "One from NE Spain" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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