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Book resort of La Mancha without hotel (7)

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I believe the answer is:

almanac

'book' is the definition.
(almanac is a kind of book)

'resort of la mancha without hotel' is the wordplay.
'resort of' is an anagram indicator.
'without' suggests deleting specific letters.
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'la'+'mancha'='lamancha'
'lamancha' with 'h' taken away is 'lamanca'.
'lamanca' is an anagram of 'ALMANAC'.

(Other definitions for almanac that I've seen before include "periodic publication" , "Annual list of dates" , "Annual reference book" , "Sailor's or farmer's calendar" , "Annual publication with mixed data, forecasts etc." .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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