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Perhaps wedges and smelly fish introduced by hotel (4,5)

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I believe the answer is:

high heels

'perhaps wedges' is the definition.
(I know that wedge is a type of high heels)

'smelly fish introduced by hotel' is the wordplay.
'smelly' becomes 'high' (high can mean smelling or going off).
'fish' becomes 'eels' (eel is a type of fish).
'introduced by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'eels' after 'h' is 'heels'.
'high'+'heels'='HIGH HEELS'

'and' acts as a link.

(Another definition for high heels that I've seen is " Eg, stilettos".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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