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Refurbished hotel featuring one new means of direct access (7)

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I believe the answer is:

hotline

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'of direct access' is the definition.
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'refurbished hotel featuring one new' is the wordplay.
'refurbished' is an anagram indicator.
'featuring' indicates putting letters inside.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'new' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament).
'hotel' is an anagram of 'hotle'.
'i'+'n'='in'
'hotle' enclosing 'in' is 'HOTLINE'.

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(Other definitions for hotline that I've seen before include "Direct telephone link between two officials" , "Special phone link" , "Emergency blower" , "critical link" , "Former direct phone line between the White House and the Kremlin" .)

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