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Booker Prize winner in demand before university called foul (5,2,3)

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I believe the answer is:

hotel du lac

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'booker prize winner' is the definition.
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'demand before university called foul' is the wordplay.
'demand before' becomes 'hot' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'university' becomes 'u' (abbreviation for university).
'foul' indicates an anagram.
'u'+'called'='ucalled'
'ucalled' with letters rearranged gives 'eldulac'.
'hot'+'eldulac'='HOTEL DU LAC'

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(Another definition for hotel du lac that I've seen is " LITERATURE".)

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