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What is acceptable in hotels (3)

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I believe the answer is:

huh

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'what' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are interjections.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'acceptable in hotels' is the wordplay.
'acceptable' becomes 'u' (as in U and non-U speech).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'hotels' becomes 'HH' (two H's - hotel is H in the NATO phonetic alphabet).
'u' placed inside 'hh' is 'HUH'.

'is' is the link.

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(Other definitions for huh that I've seen before include "sorry?" , "Palindromic exclamation of disgust or surprise" , "Expression of disgust or surprise" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times.
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