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Visitor, supposed to be announced (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

guest

'visitor' is the definition.
(guest is a kind of visitor)

'supposed to be announced' is the wordplay.
'supposed' becomes 'guessed' ('guess' can be a synonym of 'suppose').
'to be announced' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'guessed' is a homophone of 'GUEST'.

(Other definitions for guest that I've seen before include "Conjectured audibly" , "One receiving hospitality" , "Recipient of hospitality" , "Hotel resident" , "Person entertained by host" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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