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Rude show entertains the Spanish (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

indelicate

'rude' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'show entertains the spanish' is the wordplay.
'show' becomes 'indicate' ('indicate' can be a synonym of 'show'**).
'entertains' indicates putting letters inside.
'the spanish' becomes 'el'.
'indicate' placed around 'el' is 'INDELICATE'.

(Other definitions for indelicate that I've seen before include "Rude - tasteless" , "lacking taste" , "Practised (a play)" , "Coarse" , "Rather rude" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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