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Huge beast bending iron outside hotel (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rhino

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'huge beast' is the definition.
'rhino' can be an answer for 'beast' (I've seen this before). I'm not certain of the 'huge' bit.

'bending iron outside hotel' is the wordplay.
'bending' is an anagram indicator.
'outside' indicates putting letters inside.
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'iron' is an anagram of 'rino'.
'rino' enclosing 'h' is 'RHINO'.

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(Other definitions for rhino that I've seen before include "Endangered mammal" , "Beastly type that could charge you" , "Horned pachyderm" , "Endangered species of large horned herbivore" , "In brief, large thick-skinned animal of Africa" .)

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