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Very warm, the Spanish inn (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hotel

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

'very warm the spanish' is the wordplay.
'very warm' becomes 'hot' (I've seen this before).
'the spanish' becomes 'el' ('the' in Spanish).
'hot'+'el'='HOTEL'

(Other definitions for hotel that I've seen before include "Fawlty Towers, say" , "guest house for a song before 8 [STATE] ..." , "Overnight accommodation" , "Monopoly token" , "sleeper" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Telegraph.
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