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Do you wish me to leave my friend? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

amigo

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'friend?' is the definition.
('friend' in Spanish)

'do you wish me to leave my' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'me' could be 'mi' (both are spellings of the musical note) and 'mi' is present in the answer.
'leave' could be 'go' (to go is to depart or leave) and 'go' is present in the answer.
A single letter 'a' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for amigo that I've seen before include "Male (Spanish?) friend" , "Hispanic friend" , "friend abroad" , "Friend in Spanish-speaking areas" , "Hispanic comrade" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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