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Room at inn organised for one proposing candidate (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nominator

'one proposing candidate' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'room at inn organised' is the wordplay.
'organised' indicates an anagram.
'room'+'at'+'inn'='roomatinn'
'roomatinn' anagrammed gives 'NOMINATOR'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for nominator that I've seen before include "The proposer" , "someone who makes proposal" , "One who proposes" , "One who puts forward a candidate for election" , "One proposing candidate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Telegraph.
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