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Splendid comfort, one hears, for high-ranking Spaniard (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

grandees

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'splendid comfort one hears for high-ranking spaniard' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'splendid comfort one hears for high-ranking spaniard' is the wordplay.
'splendid' becomes 'grand' (both can mean impressive).
'comfort' becomes 'ease' (easing is a kind of comforting).
'one hears' shows a homophone (sound like) (I've seen 'hear' mean this).
'for' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'high-ranking spaniard' becomes 's' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'ease' is a homophone of 'ee'.
'grand'+'ee'+'s'='GRANDEES'

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