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Hotel with quite special uniform? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

habit

'special uniform?' is the definition.
(eg uniform for a nun)

'hotel with quite' is the wordplay.
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'quite' becomes 'abit' ('a bit' can mean 'quite').
'h'+'abit'='HABIT'

(Other definitions for habit that I've seen before include "Usual practice; garment" , "Propensity" , "addictive practice" , "Settled practice" , "Regular practice" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and The Times.
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