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I am the hotel worker who always gets the goods (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

importer

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'worker who always gets the goods' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'i am the hotel' is the wordplay.
'i am' becomes 'I'm' (contraction).
'the hotel' becomes 'porter' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'im'+'porter'='IMPORTER'

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(Other definitions for importer that I've seen before include "One who brings in" , "Foreign dealer" , "Businessperson" , "A trader in foreign goods" , "One bringing in goods to country" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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