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Nature scene's composed to show east/west of Spain (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

essence

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'nature' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'scene's composed to show eastwest of spain' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'spain' could be 'es' (es is an abbreviation for Spain) and 'es' is located in the answer.
an anagram of 'scene' is 'sence' which is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for essence that I've seen before include "Fundamental nature or quality" , "Perfume; core" , "The heart of" , "Flavour, spirit" , "Intrinsic character" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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