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Scotsman has friends in France confined in hotels (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hamish

'scotsman' is the definition.
(common Scottish name)

'friends in france confined in hotels' is the wordplay.
'friends in france' becomes 'amis' ('friends' in French).
'confined in' indicates putting letters inside.
'hotels' becomes 'HH' (two H's - hotel is H in the NATO phonetic alphabet).
'amis' inserted within 'hh' is 'HAMISH'.

'has' is the link.

(Another definition for hamish that I've seen is " Scottish boy's name".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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