Lodge with crowd approaching hotel with banker (9)
I believe the answer is:
gatehouse
'lodge' is the definition.
(I know that lodge can be written as gatehouse)
'crowd approaching hotel with banker' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'crowd' could be 'gate' (gate can refer to the crowd for a sporting event) and 'gate' is found in the answer.
'hotel' could be 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.) and 'h' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ouse' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'with' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gatehouse that I've seen before include "Building by entrance" , "porter's place?" , "It guards entry to an estate" , "underneath Barbican" , "Lodge" .)