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Team assembled by the Spanish, no less (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eleven

'team' is the definition.
(eleven is a kind of team)

'the spanish no less' is the wordplay.
'the spanish' becomes 'el' ('the' in Spanish).
'no less' becomes 'even' (both are used to emphasise something surprising).
'el'+'even'='ELEVEN'

'assembled by' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for eleven that I've seen before include "Number on a soccer team" , "Cardinal" , "one by one?" , "Not first team (6,6) - See 24" , "Number killed in the Peterloo massacre" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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