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The Spanish hombre's taken trick (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

delude

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'trick' is the definition.
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'the spanish hombre's taken' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'the spanish' could be 'el' and 'el' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'dude' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for delude that I've seen before include "Cause to believe a lie" , "Make someone believe something that's not true" , "Mislead, beguile" , "Fool, deceive" , "Eluded so as to deceive" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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