Hotel gets irritated about entourage (7-2)

I believe the answer is:

hangers-on

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'entourage' is the definition.
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'hotel gets irritated about' is the wordplay.
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'gets irritated' becomes 'angers' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'about' becomes 'on' (as in a book 'on' a certain topic).
'h'+'angers'+'on'='HANGERS-ON'

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(Other definitions for hangers-on that I've seen before include "Persistent (and annoying) companions" , "Sycophants, unwanted followers" , "Minions" , "Sycophantic associates" , "Sycophantic followers - dependants" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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