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Problem with hotel Keir sorted out for traveller who doesn’t pay (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hitchhiker

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'traveller who doesn't pay' is the definition.
'hitchhiker' can be an answer for 'traveller' (hitchhiker is a kind of traveller). I'm not certain of the rest of the definition.

'problem with hotel keir sorted out' is the wordplay.
'problem' becomes 'hitch' (a hitch is a problem or difficulty).
'with' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet).
'sorted out' indicates an anagram.
'keir' is an anagram of 'iker'.
'h' put inside 'iker' is 'hiker'.
'hitch'+'hiker'='HITCHHIKER'

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for hitchhiker that I've seen before include "Itinerant" , "Traveller" , "beggar who may get lifted?" , "Thumb-raising hopeful" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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