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Keep making a hotel out of date (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hold

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'keep' is the definition.
(holding is a kind of keeping)

'a hotel out of date' is the wordplay.
'a hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'out of date' becomes 'old' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'h'+'old'='HOLD'

'making' is the link.

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(Other definitions for hold that I've seen before include "Nelson?" , "Keep in one's grasp" , "Grasp; clutch" , "Ship's storage area" , "Cargo area of ship" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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