The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word STADIA
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More clues leading to the result STADIA
- I sat shocked, receiving bill for sports grounds
- Bowls laid at supper around bottles
- Places of entertainment remained here, did you say?
- Arenas to remain expensive, according to reports
- Return of help at small sports venues
- Arenas in development finally breaking down, perfect when up
- Large venues made of stone with return of opera
- Grounds for first divorce? I traded in sober adult
- Coach said to welcome volunteers in grounds
- A way to lift opera in large arenas
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The straight part
We know that "sports grounds" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case sports grounds = stadia.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does STADIA mean?
STADIA noun- A level staff or graduated rod used by surveyors to measure differences in level, or to measure horizontal distances by sighting the stadia hairs (graduations) through a telescope.
- (historically) A graduated brass triangle used to measure the distance of a target by comparison of the graduations with the heights of soldiers or horses.
- A Greek unit of measurement, equivalent to six plethra or six hundred podes, which, though varying in precise length, is generally accepted to be equivalent to approximately 185ยท4 metres.
- A venue where sporting events are held.
- An Ancient Greek racecourse, especially, the Olympic course for foot races.
- A Greek measure of length, being the chief one used for itinerary distances, also adopted by the Romans for nautical and astronomical measurements, equal to 600 Greek or 625 Roman feet, or 125 Roman paces, or to 606 feet, 9 inches.
- A kind of telemeter for measuring the distance of an object of known dimensions, by observing the angle it subtends.
- A graduated rod used to measure the distance of the place where it stands from an instrument having a telescope, by observing the number of the graduations of the rod that are seen between certain parallel wires (stadia wires) in the field of view of the telescope.
- A life stage of an organism.