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Member of syndicate wearing the Spanish coat (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

enamel

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'coat' is the definition.
(enamel is a kind of coat)

'member of syndicate wearing the spanish' is the wordplay.
'member of syndicate' becomes 'name' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'wearing' indicates putting letters inside.
'the spanish' becomes 'el' ('the' in Spanish).
'name' inserted within 'el' is 'ENAMEL'.

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(Other definitions for enamel that I've seen before include "Crown Protector?" , "art form" , "Hard gloss paint" , "Hard-drying paint" , "Glassy coating" .)

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