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Copy includes the Spanish name and rank (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

echelon

'rank' is the definition.
(I know that echelon is a type of rank)

'copy includes the spanish name' is the wordplay.
'copy' becomes 'echo' (echo can mean a copy or duplication).
'includes' is an insertion indicator.
'the spanish' becomes 'el' ('the' in Spanish).
'name' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation e.g. on forms).
'echo' going around 'el' is 'echelo'.
'echelo'+'n'='ECHELON'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for echelon that I've seen before include "Ladder formation" , "Level or rank in an organisation" , "Military stepped formation" , "Rank - status" , "Military formation; level of society" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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