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Hotel rowing team has stature (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

height

'stature' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'hotel rowing team' is the wordplay.
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet).
'rowing team' becomes 'eight' (eight rowers).
'h'+'eight'='HEIGHT'

'has' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for height that I've seen before include "part of a patient's statistics?" , "Dimension upwards" , "Rising ground; extreme example" , "Stature" , "Distance form top to bottom" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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