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Horrified, seeing a good hotel when budget's ending (6)

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I believe the answer is:

aghast

'horrified' is the definition.
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'a good hotel when budget's ending' is the wordplay.
'a good' becomes 'ag' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'when' becomes 'as'.
'ending' suggests the final letters.
The last letter of 'budget' is 't'.
'ag'+'h'+'as'+'t'='AGHAST'

'seeing' is the link.

(Other definitions for aghast that I've seen before include "'Appalled, dismayed (6)'" , "Shocked, dumbfounded" , "Horror-struck" , "Horror-stricken, filled with consternation" , "Deeply dismayed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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