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Spanish gentleman concealed goal stupidly (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hidalgo

'spanish gentleman' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'concealed goal stupidly' is the wordplay.
'concealed' becomes 'hid' ('hide' can be a synonym of 'conceal').
'stupidly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'goal' anagrammed gives 'algo'.
'hid'+'algo'='HIDALGO'

(Other definitions for hidalgo that I've seen before include "foreign gentleman" , "Spanish nobleman" , "Spanish aristocrat" , "Pachuca is capital of this Mexican state" , "Grandee" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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