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Brother maybe holding a hotel address in Mumbai? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sahib

'address in mumbai?' is the definition.
(polite form of address in India)

'brother maybe holding a hotel' is the wordplay.
'brother maybe' becomes 'sib' (short for sibling).
'holding' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'a'+'h'='ah'
'sib' enclosing 'ah' is 'SAHIB'.

(Other definitions for sahib that I've seen before include "Indian gentleman" , "Cultured man" , "Polite Indian title" , "Indian title of respect" , "Sir (raj)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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