The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word GLOBE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result GLOBE
- Turning up, for example, about to throw ball
- Ball game void without pitch
- Planet Earth’s becoming over-heated — let’s get leaders to retire
- Ball: good place for piercing?
- All countries appear bent on it
- Theatre-in-the-round
- Chuck in backing, say, the theatre
- All the World‘s a stage for Shakespeare
- Planet‘s grand projection
- Shakespeare’s theatre in the round?
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The straight part
We know that "Ball" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case ball = globe.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does GLOBE mean?
GLOBE noun- Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.
- The planet Earth.
- A spherical model of Earth or any planet.
- A light bulb.
- A circular military formation used in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the modern infantry square.
- (chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.
- A group.
- To become spherical.
- To make spherical.