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Hotel
entertained
by
country
backing
group
(5)
Hotel entertained by country backing group (5)
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The definition is at the end of the clue.
How the clue works
Look at group at the end — that's your definition, a shoal of fish. Take LAOS (the country), reverse it for "backing" to get SOAL, then let that contain H (Hotel in the NATO alphabet) — "entertained by" doing the work there — and you've got S-H-OAL.