Hotel beginning to offer small Pavlova, praise the Lord (7)
I believe the answer is:
hosanna
'praise the lord' is the definition.
'hosanna' can be an answer for 'praise' (I've seen this before). I'm not certain of the 'the lord' bit.
'hotel beginning to offer small pavlova' is the wordplay.
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet).
'beginning to' suggests taking the first letters.
'pavlova' becomes 'anna' (I've seen this in another clue).
The first letters of 'offer small' is 'os'.
'h'+'os'+'anna'='HOSANNA'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hosanna that I've seen before include "Cry of praise or joy" , "A cry of adoration to God" , "Shout of acclamation" , "Hebrew word in the Bible, an exclamation of praise" , "exclamation of joy" .)