What the evangelist who arrives at the hotel hopes to do? (6,2)
I believe the answer is:
checks in
'what the evangelist who arrives' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'at the hotel hopes to do?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'at' could be 'in' and 'in' is present in the answer.
'hotel' could be 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.) and 'h' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for checks in that I've seen is " Chickens (anag)".)