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Hotel
of
inferior
quality
–
not
the
first
in
Whitley
Bay?
(5)
Hotel of inferior quality – not the first in Whitley Bay? (5)
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The definition is at the end of the clue.
How the clue works
Look at Bay? at the end — that's your definition, with the question mark hinting it's a definition-by-example (a bay is a particular colour of horse). For the wordplay, take H from Hotel in the NATO alphabet, then WORSE meaning of inferior quality, but drop its first letter — the W, which is "the first in Whitley" — leaving ORSE, and put them together for your answer.