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Tries to interrupt Spanish team's practice (9)

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I believe the answer is:

rehearsal

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'practice' is the definition.
(rehearsal is a kind of practice)

'tries to interrupt spanish team's' is the wordplay.
'tries' becomes 'hears' ('hear' can be a synonym of 'try').
'to interrupt' indicates putting letters inside.
'spanish team's' becomes 'real' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'hears' inserted inside 'real' is 'REHEARSAL'.

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(Other definitions for rehearsal that I've seen before include "Dummy run" , "show trial" , "Practice in theatre etc" , "preparation in house?" , "Drill" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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