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Three left hotel, spruce (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tree

'spruce' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'three left hotel' is the wordplay.
'left' suggests deleting specific letters.
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'three' with 'h' removed is 'TREE'.

(Other definitions for tree that I've seen before include "Plane perhaps" , "Forest plant" , "Maybe plane" , "Plane possibly" , "Shoe __ or family __" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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