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Spanish banker clutches at relationship (5)

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I believe the answer is:

ratio

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'relationship' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'spanish banker clutches at' is the wordplay.
'spanish banker' becomes 'rio' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'clutches' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'rio' enclosing 'at' is 'RATIO'.

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(Other definitions for ratio that I've seen before include "Relationship of numbers" , "A trio (anag)" , "One to one - maybe" , "Measure of two relative sizes" , "Comparative size" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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