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Teams of seven put out by the Spanish (7)

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I believe the answer is:

elevens

'teams' is the definition.
(eleven is a kind of team)

'seven put out by the spanish' is the wordplay.
'put out' is an anagram indicator.
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'the spanish' becomes 'el'.
'seven' is an anagram of 'evens'.
'evens' after 'el' is 'ELEVENS'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for elevens that I've seen before include "11, 11" , "Particular numbers" , "1A, 20 [SUNDERLAND LEEDS]" , "Eg, football teams" , "Some sportsmen" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail and The Telegraph.
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