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Spa facility gets top rating in tabloid article (5)

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I believe the answer is:

sauna

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'spa facility' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'top rating in tabloid article' is the wordplay.
'top rating' becomes 'a' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'tabloid' becomes 'Sun' (The Sun, UK newspaper).
'article' becomes 'a' (the indefinite article in English).
'a' going within 'sun' is 'saun'.
'saun'+'a'='SAUNA'

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(Other definitions for sauna that I've seen before include "Sweat room" , "Where one is sweaty" , "Finnish-style bath" , "Steam-bath" , "Steam-heated room" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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