Crossword Genius

Visiting Hull's outskirts, books European place to stay (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hotel

'place to stay' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'visiting hull's outskirts books european' is the wordplay.
'visiting' indicates putting letters inside.
'outskirts' suggests removing the centre (I've seen 'outskirts of' mean this).
'books' becomes 'ot' (abbreviation for Old Testament).
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'hull' with its middle taken out is 'hl'.
'ot'+'e'='ote'
'hl' going around 'ote' is 'HOTEL'.

(Other definitions for hotel that I've seen before include "Letter of the alphabet" , "House for travellers" , "Lodge" , "Ritz or Dorchester?" , "that will charge its guests" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
Want a hint initially instead of a full solution? Install my app