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Nevertheless, a hostel has opened today (6)

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I believe the answer is:

anyhow

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'nevertheless' is the definition.
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'a hostel has opened today' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for anyhow that I've seen before include "Whatever's happened" , "Not in an orderly manner, by whatever means" , "In spite of what has been said" , "Haphazardly" , "In a muddle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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