The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word TARRAGONA
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result TARRAGONA
- Sailor hauled up fish close to a Spanish city
- Sailor’s on river past an elevated Spanish port
- Sailor joining banter on coming to a Spanish port
- Spanish port I’m leaving without tatty garment on
- Sailor’s newspaper leading on a Spanish seaport
- Sailor’s 26 potentially a Spanish red
- Arrogant drunk quaffing a Spanish port
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Spanish city" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case spanish city = tarragona.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.