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Experienced type in The Lords working with no hotel (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oldster

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'experienced type' is the definition.

'lords working with no hotel' is the wordplay.
'working' is an anagram indicator.
'with' is an insertion indicator.
'no hotel' becomes 'te' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'lords' is an anagram of 'oldsr'.
'oldsr' placed around 'te' is 'OLDSTER'.

'in the' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for oldster that I've seen before include "One no longer inexperienced" , "Person getting on" , "Greybeard" , "Senior citizen (mainly US)" , "Elderly person" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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