Fugitive with notion to stay in hotel on holiday (8)
I believe the answer is:
hideaway
'fugitive' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how they can define each other.
'notion to stay in hotel on holiday' is the wordplay.
'notion' becomes 'idea' (both can mean a thought).
'to stay in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'on holiday' becomes 'way' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'h'+'way'='hway'
'idea' going into 'hway' is 'HIDEAWAY'.
'with' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hideaway that I've seen before include "Place of concealment" , "Shelter" , "Haven, retreat; bolt hole" , "Place of retreat" , "den" .)