Cryptic crossword clue
Proposal to surround hotel with a variable formation of soldiers 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PHALANX

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What does PHALANX mean?

PHALANX noun
  1. (plural phalanxes) An ancient Greek and Macedonian military unit that consisted of several ranks and files (lines) of soldiers in close array with joined shields and long spears.
  2. (historical sociology) A Fourierite utopian community; a phalanstery.
  3. (plural phalanxes) A large group of people, animals or things, compact or closely massed, or tightly knit and united in common purpose.
  4. (plural phalanges) One of the bones of the finger or toe.

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