The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word LEA
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result LEA
- Grassy area providing shelter for listeners
- Tragic king cut down in grassy area
- Grassy area providing shelter, by the sound of it
- Field in spring, cut
- Field of grass bound to need cutting
- Land growing grass in spring, mostly
- No end to spring meadow
- Endless unfertile pasture
- Initially leave England an open country
- Meadow's sheltered part, you say?
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The straight part
We know that "Grassy area" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case grassy area = lea.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does LEA mean?
LEA noun- An open field, meadow.
- Any of several measures of yarn; for linen, 300 yards; for cotton, 120 yards.
- A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.