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Girl keeping the Spanish food shop (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

deli

'food shop' is the definition.
(short for delicatessen)

'girl keeping the spanish' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'di' (short for Diane or Diana).
'keeping' indicates putting letters inside (some letters kept inside).
'the spanish' becomes 'el' ('the' in Spanish).
'di' placed around 'el' is 'DELI'.

(Other definitions for deli that I've seen before include "Food store" , "Food shop (colloq.)" , "place to buy food" , "food outlet" , "Shop selling processed food products" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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