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Chap unlikely to stay confined in hotel in France agreed to stifle noise (7)

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I believe the answer is:

houdini

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'stifle noise' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'chap unlikely to stay confined in hotel in france agreed' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'in' is found in the answer.
'hotel' could be 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.) and 'h' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for houdini that I've seen before include "Harry . . . . . . ., famed American escapologist" , "Entertainer bound" , "Harry was famous as an escape artist" , "being given to escapism?" , "Harry -, US escapologist" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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