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One departure after another for Spaniard (5)

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I believe the answer is:

diego

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'spaniard' is the definition.
(common Spanish name)

'one departure after another' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'one' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is located in the answer.
'another' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'deg' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for diego that I've seen before include "- Rivera, twentieth century Mexican painter" , "Maradona, say" , "Spanish male forename" , "Spaniard potentially" , "San --, -- Garcia" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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