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Hotel tosses out person holding a party (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hostess

'person holding a party' is the definition.
(woman hosting a party)

'hotel tosses out' is the wordplay.
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'out' is an anagram indicator (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'tosses' with letters rearranged gives 'ostess'.
'h'+'ostess'='HOSTESS'

(Other definitions for hostess that I've seen before include "Plane stewardess" , "Mistress of ceremonies" , "party organiser" , "Female entertainer" , "She entertains guests" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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