Seek to secure hotel in N European country (7)
I believe the answer is:
finnish
'in n european country' is the definition.
(from Finland)
'seek to secure hotel' is the wordplay.
'seek' becomes 'fish' (fishing is a kind of seeking).
'to secure' indicates putting letters inside.
'hotel' becomes 'inn' (inn is a kind of hotel).
'fish' going around 'inn' is 'FINNISH'.
(Other definitions for finnish that I've seen before include "Nationality of citizens of Helsinki" , "European language" , "Eg, native to Helsinki" , "foreign language" , "race" .)