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Interior parts of hotels divided by a road (7)

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I believe the answer is:

innards

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'interior' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'hotels divided by a road' is the wordplay.
'hotels' becomes 'inns' (inn is a kind of hotel).
'divided by' is an insertion indicator.
'road' becomes 'rd' (abbreviation).
'a'+'rd'='ard'
'inns' enclosing 'ard' is 'INNARDS'.

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(Other definitions for innards that I've seen before include "Insides" , "Informally, stomach and bowels" , "Informal intestines and organs" , "Guts of mechanism" , "Most of haggis" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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