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Rubbish journey to Spain (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tripe

'rubbish' is the definition.
('tripe' can be a synonym of 'rubbish')

'journey to spain' is the wordplay.
'journey' becomes 'trip' (trip is a kind of journey).
'to' says to put letters next to each other.
'spain' becomes 'e' (abbreviation for Espana**).
'trip'+'e'='TRIPE'

(Other definitions for tripe that I've seen before include "Balderdash" , "Edible nonsense?" , "Ox stomach as food - it's nonsense" , "Pants" , "Edible entrails" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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