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Spaniard to make departure twice? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

diego

'spaniard' is the definition.
(common Spanish name)

'make departure twice?' is the wordplay.
'make departure' becomes 'die'.
'twice?' becomes 'go' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'die'+'go'='DIEGO'

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for diego that I've seen before include "-- Garcia, Indian Ocean island" , "San --, -- Garcia" , "Possibly Maradona" , "Maradona, Argentine footballer" , "Spanish male forename" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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