Temptress joined food store near city hospital (7)
I believe the answer is:
delilah
'temptress' is the definition.
(I know that temptress can be written as Delilah)
'store near city hospital' is the wordplay.
'store' becomes 'deli' (deli is a kind of store).
'near' says to put letters next to each other.
'city' becomes 'LA' (Los Angeles).
'hospital' becomes 'h' (abbreviation for hospital on maps).
'deli'+'la'+'h'='DELILAH'
'joined food' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for delilah that I've seen before include "She tempted" , "Samson's femme fatale" , "Temptress associated with Samson" , "Biblical character" , "Dangerous temptress - Samson's girlfriend" .)