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Plant laid curiously around a hotel (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dahlia

'plant' is the definition.
The answer is an example.

'laid curiously around a hotel' is the wordplay.
'curiously' is an anagram indicator.
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'laid' with letters rearranged gives 'dlia'.
'a'+'h'='ah'
'dlia' going around 'ah' is 'DAHLIA'.

(Other definitions for dahlia that I've seen before include "Tuberous plant with showy flowers" , "Lia had this strange flower" , "Large-headed flower" , "In bed, root" , "Showy flower from Mexico" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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