The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ACREAGE
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result ACREAGE
- Big plot last from Zola on prison guards
- Area about to be bordered by a goal
- A Native American owns a good amount of land
- Land area needing care having got churned up over time
- Area of land with an enclosure to accommodate soldiers
- American Native Americans covering a grand expanse
- Field for example rotated around crop’s introduction?
- Surface area of a prison about to be included
- Measure of land, note, in a confined space
- Measure used by farmer in frantic race against time
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The straight part
We know that "Big plot" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case big plot = acreage.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 ACREAGE mean?
ACREAGE noun- Size, as measured in acres.
- An area of land measured in acres.