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Hook up in Asian hotel, did you say? (3,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tie in

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'hook up' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'in asian hotel did you say?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'in' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'tie' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for tie in that I've seen before include "Commercial connection" , "Draw" , "Programme link" , "Coordinate" , "Correspondence" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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