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Hangs around for hotel worker's speech (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

haunts

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'hangs around' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with motion as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'hotel worker's speech' is the wordplay.
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'worker's speech' becomes 'aunts' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'h'+'aunts'='HAUNTS'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for haunts that I've seen before include "Visits like a ghost" , "Places where ghosts hang out?" , "Frequently visited places, hangouts" , "Frequents or visits as a ghost" , "Inhabits as a ghost" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times and the Irish Times (Crosaire).
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