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Unwelcome invader to stay in hotel — try to intervene (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

visigoth

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'unwelcome invader' is the definition.
'visigoth' can be an answer for 'invader' (I have seen 'European invader ' mean 'visigoth' so perhaps 'invader' could also mean 'visigoth'). I'm unsure of the 'unwelcome' bit.

'stay in hotel try to intervene' is the wordplay.
'stay in' becomes 'visit' (visit is a kind of stay. I am not sure about the 'in' bit.).
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'try' becomes 'go' (go is a kind of try).
'to intervene' means one lot of letters goes inside another (intervene can mean to enter into).
'visit'+'h'='visith'
'visith' placed around 'go' is 'VISIGOTH'.

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for visigoth that I've seen before include "Spanish settler" , "Early settler" , "Old European" , "One of those who sacked Rome in 410" , "he had a smashing time in Rome" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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