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Equipment needed by the Spanish star (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rigel

'star' is the definition.
(Rigel is an example)

'equipment needed by the spanish' is the wordplay.
'equipment' becomes 'rig' (rig is a kind of equipment).
'needed by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the spanish' becomes 'el'.
'rig'+'el'='RIGEL'

(Other definitions for rigel that I've seen before include "Orion's brightest star" , "Brightest star in Orion" , "shiner" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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