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You stand outside the hotel (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

thee

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

'stand outside the hotel' is the wordplay.
'stand' becomes 'tee' (I've seen this before).
'outside' is an insertion indicator.
'the hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet).
'tee' enclosing 'h' is 'THEE'.

(Other definitions for thee that I've seen before include "Quaker 'you'" , "Poetically you" , "You in the olden days" , "Archaic form of 'you'" , "'U'" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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