Person of distinction with the Spanish prize-giver? (5)
I believe the answer is:
nobel
'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'
Can you help me to learn more?
(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" .)