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Oxbridge professor is a gentleman from Spain (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

don

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This clue could be a double definition.

'oxbridge professor' is the first definition.
'don' can be an answer for 'professor' (term for a university professor). I'm not certain of the 'oxbridge' bit.

'gentleman from spain' is the second definition.
(formal term of address for a man in Spanish)

'is a' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for don that I've seen before include "Put on; lecturer" , "Get into" , "Mafia chief or Spanish title" , "University teacher" , "A Spanish grandee like Quixote" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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