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Most ladies around the Spanish club are desirable (7)

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I believe the answer is:

welcome

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'desirable' is the definition.
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'most ladies around the spanish club are' is the wordplay.
'most' means to remove the last letter.
'ladies' becomes 'women' (I've seen this before).
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'the spanish' becomes 'el' ('the' in Spanish).
'club are' becomes 'c' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'women' with its last letter taken off is 'wome'.
'el'+'c'='elc'
'wome' enclosing 'elc' is 'WELCOME'.

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(Other definitions for welcome that I've seen before include "Receive a guest warmly" , "Receive gladly" , "Warm reception" , "Receive with pleasure, say guest" , "Greet upon arrival" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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