In a State where one feels the need to constantly apologise to local awash with free rooms all over the place (4,2,7)

'place' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'in a state where one feels the need to constantly apologise to local awash with free rooms all over' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'state' could be 'or' and 'or' is found in the answer.
'one' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is located in the answer.
'awash' could be 'full' (similar in meaning) and 'full' is present in the answer.
'over' could be 're' and 're' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'the' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?