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Design the new hotel with the shape of an egg (8)

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I believe the answer is:

innovate

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'design the new' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'hotel with the shape of an egg' is the wordplay.
'hotel' becomes 'inn' (inn is a kind of hotel).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the shape of an egg' becomes 'ovate' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'inn'+'ovate'='INNOVATE'

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(Other definitions for innovate that I've seen before include "Produce something new" , "Make something new" , "Introduce new ideas" , "Introduce new methods/ideas" , "Introduce changes" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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