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One pursuing, perhaps, article in Spanish for comic verse (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

doggerel

'comic verse' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'one pursuing perhaps article in spanish' is the wordplay.
'one pursuing perhaps' becomes 'dogger' (dog can mean to follow).
'article in spanish' becomes 'el' ('el' is a definite article in Spanish).
'dogger'+'el'='DOGGEREL'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for doggerel that I've seen before include "Nonsense verse" , "Poor poetry" , "Badly written poetry" , "William McGonagall's kind of poetry?" , "Bad verse - of canine beginnings?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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