The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SWARD
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result SWARD
- Green ties making a comeback
- Lawn is level, but sloping upwards
- Fully extends rising grassland
- Grass proves attractive when coming up
- Turf small part of hospital site
- Turf out of small hospital room
- Grass pulls up
- Fighting in the outskirts of Stamford for such an area of land
- On reflection, sketches green turf
- Pulls up the grass
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What does SWARD mean?
SWARD noun- A layer of earth into which grass has grown; turf; sod.
- An expanse of land covered in grass; a lawn or meadow.
- Skin; covering.
- To cover with sward.
- A homosexual man.