Question angry old tyrant associated with Spain (5-7)
I believe the answer is:
cross-examine
'question' is the definition.
(I know that cross examine is a type of examine)
'angry old tyrant associated with spain' is the wordplay.
'angry' becomes 'cross' (cross can mean annoyed or angry).
'old' becomes 'ex' (prefix meaning former or onetime).
'tyrant' becomes 'amin' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'associated with' says to put letters next to each other.
'spain' becomes 'e' (abbreviation for Espana).
'cross'+'ex'+'amin'+'e'='CROSS-EXAMINE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cross-examine that I've seen before include "Check evidence in court" , "Forensically question" , "Question in court" .)