Spanish man clutching at politician? (7)
I believe the answer is:
senator
'politician?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'spanish man clutching at' is the wordplay.
'spanish man' becomes 'senor' (I've seen this before).
'clutching' indicates putting letters inside.
'senor' placed around 'at' is 'SENATOR'.
(Other definitions for senator that I've seen before include "Member of upper house of legislature" , "Statesman -- treason (anag)" , "Legislator -- treason (anag)" , "US politician" , "Upper House member involved in treason" .)