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Flat ceramic includes date mark in Spanish (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tilde

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'mark in spanish' is the definition.
'tilde' can be an answer for 'mark' (tilde is a kind of mark). I am not sure about the 'in spanish' bit.

'flat ceramic includes date' is the wordplay.
'flat ceramic' becomes 'tile' (I've seen this in another clue. I am not sure about the 'flat' bit.).
'includes' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'date' becomes 'd' (abbreviation e.g. dob - date of birth).
'tile' going around 'd' is 'TILDE'.

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(Other definitions for tilde that I've seen before include "Mark, sometimes on keyboards" , "Wavy line in Spanish" , "Diacritical sign over letter" , "Sign on Spanish character" , "Squiggly mark" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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