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He designed spa resorts, showing stubborn nature (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pigheadedness

'stubborn nature' is the definition.
(pigheaded can mean stubborn or obstinate)

'he designed spa resorts' is the wordplay.
'resorts' is an anagram indicator.
'he'+'designed'+'spa'='hedesignedspa'
'hedesignedspa' anagrammed gives 'PIGHEADEDNESS'.

'showing' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for pigheadedness that I've seen before include "Obstinacy" , "Stupidly obstinate quality" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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