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Shout from Spaniard in half-conscious state showing open-mindedness (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tolerance

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'open-mindedness' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'shout from spaniard in half-conscious state' is the wordplay.
'shout from spaniard' becomes 'ole' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'half-conscious state' becomes 'trance' (I've seen this before).
'ole' inserted inside 'trance' is 'TOLERANCE'.

'showing' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for tolerance that I've seen before include "example of permissiveness" , "resignation" , "Allowable variation (in size)" , "See 10" , "broad-mindedness" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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