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Popular supporter cheers Spanish princess (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

infanta

'spanish princess' is the definition.
(title for a Spanish princess)

'popular supporter cheers' is the wordplay.
'popular' becomes 'in' ('in' can mean trendy).
'supporter' becomes 'fan' (fan is a kind of supporter).
'cheers' becomes 'ta' (both can informally mean thank you).
'in'+'fan'+'ta'='INFANTA'

(Other definitions for infanta that I've seen before include "King of Spain's daughter" , "Daughter of a Spanish or Portuguese king" , "Historically, a daughter of the Spanish king - sounds very young" , "Royal personage" , "Formerly, the daughter of a Spanish king" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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