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Scoundrel in hotel, having fish (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

heel

'scoundrel' is the definition.
(heel can mean a scoundrel or villain)

'hotel having fish' is the wordplay.
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet).
'having' says to put letters next to each other.
'fish' becomes 'eel' (eel is a type of fish).
'h'+'eel'='HEEL'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for heel that I've seen before include "order to dog" , "Despicable type" , "villain" , "Hindu loincloth" , "Back of 15 across" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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