Hotel chain delayed taking action over that woman inside (8)
I believe the answer is:
sheraton
'hotel chain' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'delayed taking action over that woman inside' is the wordplay.
'delayed taking action over' becomes 'saton' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'that woman' becomes 'her' (her refers to a woman).
'inside' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'saton' going around 'her' is 'SHERATON'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sheraton that I've seen before include "Chair, possibly" , "Eng. furniture designer" , "Strange North Sea style of furniture" , "Thomas -, English furniture-maker" , "Another's (anag) - style of furniture" .)