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Spaniard's agreement to enter boxing arena causes revolt (6)

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I believe the answer is:

rising

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'revolt' is the definition.
(I know that revolt can be written as rising)

'spaniard's agreement to enter boxing arena' is the wordplay.
'spaniard's agreement' becomes 'si' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to enter' is an insertion indicator.
'boxing arena' becomes 'ring' (boxing ring).
'si' inserted into 'ring' is 'RISING'.

'causes' is the link.

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(Other definitions for rising that I've seen before include "Revolt; increasing" , "Revolt; coming up" , "Moving upwards" , "Armed revolt against authority" , "A revolt; getting up" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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