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Hall porters recognise suspect outside college (10)

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I believe the answer is:

concierges

'hall porters' is the definition.
(eg in a hotel)

'recognise suspect outside college' is the wordplay.
'suspect' is an anagram indicator (a suspicious or unusual spelling).
'outside' is an insertion indicator.
'college' becomes 'c'.
'recognise' with letters rearranged gives 'conierges'.
'conierges' placed around 'c' is 'CONCIERGES'.

(Another definition for concierges that I've seen is " Those taking care".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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