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Mislead the Spanish chap to go around (6)

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I believe the answer is:

delude

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'mislead' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'the spanish chap to go around' is the wordplay.
'the spanish' becomes 'el' ('the' in Spanish).
'chap' becomes 'dude' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to go around' indicates putting letters inside.
'el' going inside 'dude' is 'DELUDE'.

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(Other definitions for delude that I've seen before include "Kid" , "Deceive, lead on" , "Lead into false belief" , "Mislead, beguile" , "Eluded so as to deceive" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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