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He may call for you at an American hotel (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bellhop

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'he' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'call for you at an american hotel' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'call' could be 'bell' (I've seen this before) and 'bell' is located in the answer.
'hotel' could be 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.) and 'h' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'op' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'may' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for bellhop that I've seen before include "Baggage carrier in a hotel" , "Hotel porter (US)" , "Errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels" , "Errand boy and luggage carrier in US hotels" , "Hotel page" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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