The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word LORDS
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result LORDS
- Noblemen watch cricket here
- Line for fencers points where egg and bacon is de rigueur?
- Look at ways to get peers assembled
- Location with pavilion and house
- 1 across sometimes seen next to this ground
- Sports venue is another place for an MP
- Test site –- no place for ladies
- House that’s HQ for sport in London
- The spiritual home of cricket masters
- House where contents may be found
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The straight part
We know that "ground" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case ground = lords.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does LORDS mean?
LORDS noun- The master of the servants of a household; the master of a feudal manor
- One possessing similar mastery over others; any feudal superior generally; any nobleman or aristocrat; any chief, prince, or sovereign ruler; in Scotland, a male member of the lowest rank of nobility (the equivalent rank in England is baron)
- One possessing similar mastery in figurative senses (esp. as lord of ~)
- The heavenly body considered to possess a dominant influence over an event, time, etc.
- A hunchback.
- (via Cockney rhyming slang) Sixpence.
- Domineer or act like a lord.
- To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord; to grant the title of lord.