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Rotating the Spanish girl is permissible (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

legal

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'permissible' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'rotating the spanish girl' is the wordplay.
'rotating' is a reversal indicator.
'the spanish' becomes 'la' ('the' in Spanish).
'girl' becomes 'gel' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'la'+'gel'='lagel'
'lagel' back-to-front is 'LEGAL'.

'is' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for legal that I've seen before include "Observing acts" , "Within bounds of law" , "Legitimate" , "Street - (1978 Dylan album)" , "Above board" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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