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Leading Roman Catholic staying in a hotel (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

arch

'leading' is the definition.
(e.g. in arch-enemy)

'roman catholic staying in a hotel' is the wordplay.
'roman catholic' becomes 'rc' (abbreviation for Roman Catholic).
'staying in' is an insertion indicator.
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'a'+'h'='ah'
'rc' going inside 'ah' is 'ARCH'.

(Other definitions for arch that I've seen before include "Main" , "Way though - on foot!" , "Prefix meaning cheif, perhaps enemy" , "part of fingerprint" , "This enemy is major" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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