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The Spanish share out respect (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

relation

'respect' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'the spanish share out' is the wordplay.
'the spanish' becomes 'el' ('the' in Spanish).
'share' becomes 'ration' (a ration is a share of a limited resource).
'out' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'el' inserted into 'ration' is 'RELATION'.

(Other definitions for relation that I've seen before include "One of the family" , "report" , "Grandchild, perhaps" , "Reference" , "Kin" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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