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Put back a receptacle in side feature of a hotel room? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

minibar

'feature of a hotel room?' is the definition.
(hotel rooms often contain minibars)

'put back a receptacle in side' is the wordplay.
'put back' says the letters should be written backwards.
'receptacle' becomes 'bin' (I've seen this in another clue).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'side' becomes 'rim' (rim is a kind of side).
'a'+'bin'='abin'
'abin' placed into 'rim' is 'rabinim'.
'rabinim' back-to-front is 'MINIBAR'.

(Other definitions for minibar that I've seen before include "Source of hotel room drinks" , "Temptation in hotel room" , "cooler for hotel guest?" , "Hotel room fridge" , "Hotel room chiller?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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