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Sang going round hotel, becoming animated (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

thrilled

'animated' is the definition.

'sang going round hotel' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'hotel' could be 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.) and 'h' is located in the answer.
'sang' could be 'trilled' (trilling is a kind of singing) and 'trilled' is found within the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'becoming' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for thrilled that I've seen before include "Feeling intense pleasurable excitement" , "Exhilarated" , "Excited and pleased" , "Delighted" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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