Troublemaker the Spanish urge forward (5)

I believe the answer is:

impel

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

'troublemaker the spanish' is the wordplay.
'troublemaker' becomes 'imp' (I've seen this before).
'the spanish' becomes 'el'.
'imp'+'el'='IMPEL'

(Other definitions for impel that I've seen before include "Hold together" , "Force into motion" , "Constrain" , "Urge or drive to do something" , "Make" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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