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Many people go to the Spanish Inn (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hostel

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'inn' is the definition.
(I know that inn can be written as hostel)

'many people go to the spanish' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'many' could be 'host' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'host' is located in the answer.
'the spanish' could be 'el' ('the' in Spanish) and 'el' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for hostel that I've seen before include "Overnight lodging" , "Lodging-house for young travellers, students etc" , "Cheap accommodation for traveller or backpacker" , "Low-cost accommodation building" , "Inexpensive lodging place" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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