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Australian can restrict hotel charges (6)

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I believe the answer is:

tinnie

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'australian' is the definition.
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'restrict hotel charges' is the wordplay.
'restrict' becomes 'tie' (tying is a kind of restricting).
'hotel' becomes 'inn' (inn is a kind of hotel).
'charges' means one lot of letters goes inside another (charge can mean to charge into something).
'tie' enclosing 'inn' is 'TINNIE'.

'can' is the link.

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(Another definition for tinnie that I've seen is " Can of beer to 23dn".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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