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Strong dislike of hotel tea, perhaps (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hate

'strong dislike' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'hotel tea perhaps' is the wordplay.
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet).
'perhaps' indicates anagramming the letters.
'tea' is an anagram of 'ate'.
'h'+'ate'='HATE'

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for hate that I've seen before include "Despise" , "'Unimaginable as ---- in Heav'n': Milton" , "Loathing" , "Abhor" , "Antipathy" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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