Pet arrangement in Spain for the Spanish (7)
I believe the answer is:
spaniel
'pet arrangement' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both animals as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'spain for the spanish' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
an anagram of 'spain' is 'spani' which is within the answer.
'the spanish' could be 'el' ('the' in Spanish) and 'el' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for spaniel that I've seen before include "See 13" , "Dog found among the alpines" , "Springer- - -" , "Dog with drooping ears" , "Kind of dog, may be a cocker" .)