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Composer taking taxi back to hotel (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bach

'composer' is the definition.
(Bach is an example)

'taxi back to hotel' is the wordplay.
'taxi' becomes 'cab' ('cab' can be a synonym of 'taxi').
'back' says the letters should be written backwards.
'to hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'cab' backwards is 'bac'.
'bac'+'h'='BACH'

'taking' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for bach that I've seen before include "German composer (affectionate to a Welshman?)" , "German baroque composer, d. 1750" , "German composer, who had twenty children, d.1750" , "Name of composing family" , "J. S. --, baroque composer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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