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Person of distinction with the Spanish prize-giver? (5)

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I believe the answer is:

nobel

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'prize-giver?' is the definition.
(as in the Nobel Prizes)

'person of distinction with the spanish' is the wordplay.
'person of distinction' becomes 'nob' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'the spanish' becomes 'el' ('the' in Spanish).
'nob'+'el'='NOBEL'

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(Other definitions for nobel that I've seen before include "Source of prizes" , "Prize-endowing Swedish chemist" , "Prize giver" , "Swedish prize-giver" , "and 21 Across: Prestigious international award" .)

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