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It's natural for hotel to have tea break (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

innate

'it's natural' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'hotel to have tea break' is the wordplay.
'hotel' becomes 'inn' (inn is a kind of hotel).
'to have' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'break' is an anagram indicator.
'tea' anagrammed gives 'ate'.
'inn'+'ate'='INNATE'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for innate that I've seen before include "not needing to be taught" , "Inborn in neat way" , "Have tea in inn - it's natural" , "quite natural" , "Congenital" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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