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Brief misguided stay at a hotel (5)

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I believe the answer is:

hasty

'brief' is the definition.
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'misguided stay at a hotel' is the wordplay.
'misguided' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'at' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'a hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'stay' with letters rearranged gives 'asty'.
'asty' put after 'h' is 'HASTY'.

(Other definitions for hasty that I've seen before include "Rashly quick" , "Rash; thoughtless" , "Impetuous - quick-tempered" , "Rushed; rash" , "Impulsive" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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