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Spanish kingdom's Christmas Rising (4)

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I believe the answer is:

leon

'spanish kingdom's' is the definition.
(Kingdom of Len)

'christmas rising' is the wordplay.
'christmas' becomes 'noel' (synonyms).
'rising' says the letters should be written in reverse (going up in a down clue).
'noel' in reverse letter order is 'LEON'.

(Other definitions for leon that I've seen before include "- Trotsky, communist" , "Put up Chrissie" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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