Possible Clues:

• Word before self or strength
• Seems the hotelier is not out here
• Knocking back Rennies, mostly in private
• Private detective's first to leave banquet
• ____ Mongolia (Asian region)
• This part of city is at the old centre
• The last of what you eat is not out
• Located or occurring closer to a centre
• Word often preceding "sanctum"
• Public banquet duke dismissed in private