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Lake that is something to see on foot, going round a hotel (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tahoe

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'lake that is something to see' is the definition.
'tahoe' can be an answer for 'lake' (I've seen this before). I'm not sure about the rest of the definition.

'foot going round a hotel' is the wordplay.
'foot' becomes 'toe' (toeing is a kind of footing**).
'going round' indicates putting letters inside.
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'a'+'h'='ah'
'toe' going around 'ah' is 'TAHOE'.

'on' is the link.

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(Other definitions for tahoe that I've seen before include "the Nevada/California border area" , "Mountain lake" , "Nevada/California lake" , "Lake/desert resort on the California-Nevada border" , "US lake" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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