Got rid of sleeping area outside hotel (6)
I believe the answer is:
binned
'got rid of sleeping' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with contact as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'area outside hotel' is the wordplay.
'area' becomes 'bed' (bed is a kind of area).
'outside' indicates putting letters inside.
'hotel' becomes 'inn' (inn is a kind of hotel).
'bed' going around 'inn' is 'BINNED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for binned that I've seen is " Discarded".)