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Article on uni opening hospital in Bath (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sauna

'bath' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'article on uni opening hospital' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'a' (indefinite article).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'uni' becomes 'u' (U is an abbreviation for university).
'opening' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters open a gap in others).
'hospital' becomes 'san' (I've seen this in other clues).
'u' placed into 'san' is 'saun'.
'a' after 'saun' is 'SAUNA'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sauna that I've seen before include "Sweat room" , "A Scandinavian steam bath" , "Where one is sweaty" , "Very hot room for cleansing, of Finnish origin" , "Finnish-style bath" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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