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Welshman possesses half of El Salvador? (4)

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I believe the answer is:

dali

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'salvador?' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'welshman possesses half of el' is the wordplay.
'welshman' becomes 'dai' (welsh name).
'possesses' is an insertion indicator.
'half of' indicates taking half.
'el' cut in half is 'l'.
'dai' placed around 'l' is 'DALI'.

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(Other definitions for dali that I've seen before include "Controversial painter" , "Tree" , "Salvador . . . . was great Spanish surrealist painter" , "Surrealist Spanish painter, d. 1989" , "Salvador -, twentieth century artist" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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