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Pole with heart ringing Spanish girl’s number (9)

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I believe the answer is:

ninescore

'number' is the definition.
(archaic term for nine twenties)

'pole with heart ringing spanish girl's' is the wordplay.
'pole' becomes 'n'.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'heart' becomes 'core' (synonyms).
'ringing' is an insertion indicator.
'spanish girl' becomes 'ines' (common Spanish name).
'n'+'core'='ncore'
'ncore' placed around 'ines' is 'NINESCORE'.

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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