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The Telegraph's hosting party, getting bouquet (5)

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I believe the answer is:

odour

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'bouquet' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'the telegraph's hosting party' is the wordplay.
'the telegraph's' becomes 'our' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'hosting' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are welcomed in or hosted).
'party' becomes 'do' (do is a kind of party).
'our' enclosing 'do' is 'ODOUR'.

'getting' is the link.

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(Other definitions for odour that I've seen before include "A smell, good or bad" , "reputation" , "Pong" , "Small, aroma" , "Distinctive smell" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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