Female hotel inspector going around East India (5)

I believe the answer is:

heidi

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'female' is the definition.
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'hotel inspector going around east india' is the wordplay.
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet).
'inspector' becomes 'di' (abbreviation for Detective Inspector).
'going around' indicates putting letters inside.
'east' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'india' becomes 'i' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'h'+'di'='hdi'
'e'+'i'='ei'
'hdi' enclosing 'ei' is 'HEIDI'.

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(Other definitions for heidi that I've seen before include "book" , "Novel Swiss girl" , "Girl's name (from German)" , "lady - from Cologne?" , "German lady's name" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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