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Great meals, but not any drinks put on by hotel (4-3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nosh-ups

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'great meals' is the definition.
'nosh-ups' can be an answer for 'meals' (nosh-up is a kind of meal). I'm not certain of the 'great' bit.

'not any drinks put on by hotel' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'not' could be 'no' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'no' is located in the answer.
'hotel' could be 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.) and 'h' is found within the answer.
'drinks' could be 'sups' (to sup is to drink) and 'sups' is found within the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'but' acts as a link.

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I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times.
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