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Guards dispatched in the Spanish south (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sentinels

'guards' is the definition.
(sentinel is a kind of guard)

'dispatched in the spanish south' is the wordplay.
'dispatched' becomes 'sent' (I've seen this before).
'the spanish' becomes 'el' ('the' in Spanish).
'south' becomes 's' (abbreviation).
'sent'+'in'+'el'+'s'='SENTINELS'

(Another definition for sentinels that I've seen is " Lookout men".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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