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Perhaps rook tax money hotel collected (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chesspiece

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'perhaps rook' is the definition.
(rook is a type of chesspiece)

'tax money hotel collected' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'money' could be 'p' and 'p' is found in the answer.
'hotel' could be 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.) and 'h' is found within the answer.
'tax' could be 'cess' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'cess' is present in the remaining letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for chesspiece that I've seen before include "bishop, say - with 1d" , "bishop, for example" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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