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Football team with which the Spanish tied (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eleven

'football team' is the definition.
(I know that football team can be written as eleven)

'the spanish tied' is the wordplay.
'the spanish' becomes 'el' ('the' in Spanish).
'tied' becomes 'even' (synonyms).
'el'+'even'='ELEVEN'

'with which' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for eleven that I've seen before include "sports team?" , "Bingo's "legs"?" , "Age to start secondary education" , "1 and 1?" , "Lowest two-digit prime" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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