Cryptic crossword clue
Glazed frame covering top of raked stacks of hay 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word WINDROW

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The straight part
We know that "stacks of hay" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case stacks of hay = windrow.
The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.
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What does WINDROW mean?

WINDROW noun
  1. A row of cut grain or hay allowed to dry in a field.
  2. A line of leaves etc heaped up by the wind.
  3. A similar streak of seaweed etc on the surface of the sea formed by Langmuir circulation.
  4. A line of snow or gravel left behind by the edge of a snowplow’s or grader’s blade.
  5. The green border of a field, dug up in order to carry the earth on other land to mend it.
WINDROW verb
  1. To arrange (e.g. new-made hay) in lines or windrows.

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