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Model learnt about hotel delight (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

enthral

'delight' is the definition.
(enthralling is a kind of delighting)

'model learnt about hotel' is the wordplay.
'model' indicates an anagram.
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'learnt' with letters rearranged gives 'entral'.
'entral' going around 'h' is 'ENTHRAL'.

(Other definitions for enthral that I've seen before include "rivet" , "Bewitch" , "Fascinate - grip" , "Totally fascinate" , "Entrance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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