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Vote for English appearing in the Spanish court (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elect

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

'english appearing in the spanish court' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'appearing in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'the spanish' becomes 'el' ('the' in Spanish).
'court' becomes 'ct' (abbreviation used in road names).
'el'+'ct'='elct'
'e' inserted into 'elct' is 'ELECT'.

(Other definitions for elect that I've seen before include "Select; chosen" , "Appoint through ballot" , "Choose by vote" , "Choose for Parliament, say" , "Exclusive group" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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