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Good Beatles guitarist leaving hotel for camp (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

garrison

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'for camp' is the definition.
(both can mean a military base)

'good beatles guitarist leaving hotel' is the wordplay.
'good beatles' becomes 'g' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'guitarist' becomes 'Harrison' (George Harrison, guitarist with The Beatles).
'leaving' suggests deleting specific letters.
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'harrison' with 'h' taken away is 'arrison'.
'g'+'arrison'='GARRISON'

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(Other definitions for garrison that I've seen before include "Military base" , "Troops stationed in a town or fortress" , "Body of troops guarding a stronghold" , "Provide (place) with troops for defence" , "(Soldiers stationed to guard) fortified place" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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