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Hole in the wall used by the hat check girl (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hatch

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'check girl' is the definition.
'hatch' can be an answer for 'check' (thesaurus). I am not sure about the 'girl' bit.

'hole in the wall used by the hat' is the wordplay.
'hole in the wall' becomes 'ch' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'used by' says to put letters next to each other.
'ch' put after 'hat' is 'HATCH'.

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(Other definitions for hatch that I've seen before include "Brood" , "Enter the world" , "Access opening" , "Of young bird or fish, emerge from egg" , "Come up with" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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