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Spanish location in Iberia’s foremost business area (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ibiza

'spanish location' is the definition.
(Spanish island)

'iberia's foremost business area' is the wordplay.
'foremost' says to take the initial letters.
'business' becomes 'biz' (biz is a kind of business).
'area' becomes 'a' (maths abbreviation).
The first letter of 'iberia' is 'i'.
'i'+'biz'+'a'='IBIZA'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for ibiza that I've seen before include "holiday venue" , "Westermost of Balearic Islands, popular for holidays" , "Clubbers' island" , "One of the Balearic Islands" , "One of matching pair" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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