Orders taken over the phone for hotelier (4)
I believe the answer is:
ritz
'for hotelier' is the definition.
(Swiss hotelier Cesar Ritz)
'orders taken over the phone' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'riz' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ritz that I've seen before include "Puttin' on the -- (song)" , "Cesar --, Swiss hotelier" , "Stylish establishment" , "Posh hotel" , "Luxury hotel" .)