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Strongly disliked misleading hotel ad (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

loathed

'strongly disliked' is the definition.

'misleading hotel ad' is the wordplay.
'misleading' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'hotel'+'ad'='hotelad'
'hotelad' anagrammed gives 'LOATHED'.

(Other definitions for loathed that I've seen before include "Detested and abominated" , "Hated" , "'Abhorred, detested (7)'" , "Regarded with disgust and hatred" , "Cordially detested" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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