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Dog in a coop, perhaps, at a hotel (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pooch

'dog' is the definition.
(I know that pooch is a type of dog)

'coop perhaps at a hotel' is the wordplay.
'perhaps' indicates an anagram.
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'coop' is an anagram of 'pooc'.
'pooc'+'h'='POOCH'

'in a' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for pooch that I've seen before include "Doggy" , "one of our best friends" , "Dog (colloq.)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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