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Trap set by eleven miserable Spanish bankers? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

enmesh

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'trap set by eleven miserable spanish bankers?' is the definition.
'enmesh' can be an answer for 'trap' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the 'set by eleven miserable spanish bankers?' bit.

'trap set by eleven miserable spanish bankers?' is the wordplay.
'trap' becomes 'mesh' (I've seen this before).
'set by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'eleven miserable spanish bankers?' becomes 'en' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'mesh' put after 'en' is 'ENMESH'.

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(Other definitions for enmesh that I've seen before include "snare" , "get in a tangle" , "Make tangled or snarled" , "Men she changed to entangle" , "Make tangled as if in a net" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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