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People returning help in hotels (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

indians

'people' is the definition.
(Indian is an example)

'returning help in hotels' is the wordplay.
'returning' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'help' becomes 'aid' ('aid' can be a synonym of 'help'**).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'hotels' becomes 'inns' (inn is a kind of hotel).
'aid' backwards is 'dia'.
'dia' put into 'inns' is 'INDIANS'.

(Other definitions for indians that I've seen before include "Workers'" , "Denizens of Delhi, say" , "People" , "Natives of Delhi" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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