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Pleasurable life of two girls limited by stuffy hotel (8,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

primrose path

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'pleasurable life' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how one could define the other.

'of two girls limited by stuffy hotel' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found within the answer.
'by' could be 'at' and 'at' is found in the answer.
'stuffy' could be 'prim' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'prim' is found in the answer.
'hotel' could be 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.) and 'h' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for primrose path that I've seen before include "Hellish route" , "Pursuit of pleasure" , "easy way" , "pleasurable way of life" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.
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