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Nothing good about a hotel overlooking a city in India? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

allahabad

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'nothing good' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'about a hotel overlooking a city in india?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'about' could be 'a' (abbreviation in Chambers) and 'a' is present in the answer.
'a' is found in the answer.
'hotel' could be 'h' (phonetic alphabet) and 'h' is located in the answer.
'city' could be 'la' (Los Angeles) and 'la' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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