Crossword Genius

Fresh hotel in Scottish city (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

perth

'scottish city' is the definition.
(Perth is a city in Scotland)

'fresh hotel' is the wordplay.
'fresh' becomes 'pert' (I've seen this before).
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'pert'+'h'='PERTH'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for perth that I've seen before include "Town at the head of the Tay estuary" , "Scottish/Australian city" , "Western Australia's capital" , "Australian or Scottish city" , "Period (of effort)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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