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Hanging loose around hotel, having a long nap (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shaggy

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'having a long nap' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'hanging loose around hotel' is the wordplay.
'hanging loose' becomes 'saggy' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'saggy' placed around 'h' is 'SHAGGY'.

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(Other definitions for shaggy that I've seen before include "Funny as a story about a type of canine" , "Rap singer" , "Bushy" , "Unshorn - Scooby Doo's pal" , "Having long rough hair" .)

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