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Hotel toilet repulsed everyone close to la-di-da feasting chamber (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

valhalla

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'hotel toilet repulsed everyone close to la-di-da feasting chamber' is the definition.
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'hotel toilet repulsed everyone close to la' is the wordplay.
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet).
'toilet' becomes 'lav' (lavatory).
'repulsed' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'everyone' becomes 'all' (all people).
'close to' says to take the final letters (the close of something is the end).
The final letter of 'la' is 'a'.
'h'+'lav'='hlav'
'hlav' written backwards gives 'valh'.
'valh'+'all'+'a'='VALHALLA'

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(Other definitions for valhalla that I've seen before include "Vikings' afterworld" , "In Scandinavian myth, hall of slain heroes with Odin" , "In Norse mythology, the hall for the souls of heroes" , "Dead Norse heroes' home" , "In Scandinavian myth, the hall for souls of slain heroes" .)

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