Spanish hero extremely equivocal with detectives (2,3)
I believe the answer is:
el cid
'spanish hero' is the definition.
(El Cid, name for warlord Rodrigo Daz de Vivar)
'extremely equivocal with detectives' is the wordplay.
'extremely' means to remove the middle letters (only the extremes of the word are used).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'detectives' becomes 'cid' (abbreviation for Criminal Investigation Department).
'equivocal' with its middle taken out is 'el'.
'el'+'cid'='EL CID'
(Other definitions for el cid that I've seen before include "Role of Charlton" , "epic movie" , "Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar was his original name" , "Spanish soldier" , "Historic fighter" .)