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Spanish speaker is unable to answer very naughty boy? (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cantabrian

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'spanish speaker' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'unable to answer very naughty boy?' is the wordplay.
'unable to' becomes 'cant' (I've seen this in another clue).
'answer' becomes 'a' (abbreviation eg in Q and A).
'very naughty boy?' becomes 'Brian' (reference to Monty Python's Life of Brian).
'cant'+'a'+'brian'='CANTABRIAN'

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(Another definition for cantabrian that I've seen is " in one region of Spain?".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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