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Long rope with noose the Spanish thus used (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lasso

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'long rope' is the definition.
'lasso' can be an answer for 'rope' (lassoing is a kind of roping). I'm not certain of the 'long' bit.

'noose the spanish thus used' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'thus' could be 'so' (synonyms) and 'so' is found within the answer.
'the spanish' could be 'las' ('the' in Spanish) and 'las' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'with' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for lasso that I've seen before include "use one for catching cattle" , "Cowboy's noosed rope" , "Long-noosed rope" , "Catch (steers) with a rope" , "Ling-nosed rope" .)

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