Around the corner to the left, hotel close to nursing home (4)
I believe the answer is:
nigh
'around' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'left hotel close to nursing home' is the wordplay.
'left' says the letters should be written backwards.
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'close to' says to take the final letters (the close of something is the end).
'home' becomes 'in' ('he's home' can mean 'he's in').
The last letter of 'nursing' is 'g'.
'h'+'g'+'in'='hgin'
'hgin' in reverse letter order is 'NIGH'.
'the corner to the' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nigh that I've seen before include "'Almost, near (4)'" , "Near at hand" , "Old word for near, as the end may be" , "Just round the corner" , "Impending" .)