The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word CRECHE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result CRECHE
- Endless battle over Hotel Metropole’s last day nursery
- Check into Native American nursery
- Red Guards where children play, or where they’re tended
- Nursery’s selection of mediocre cherries
- Sweep, apart from area in church where toddlers may play
- Shortage of staff with cook finally leaving nursery
- Children housed by Indians in special facility for tots
- Where children are to be found between two and five?
- Native Americans go around children’s nursery
- Councillor from the city – chap at nursery
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The straight part
We know that "where toddlers may play" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case where toddlers may play = creche.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 CRECHE mean?
CRECHE noun- A representation of the nativity scene.
- A hospital for orphaned infants; a foundling hospital.
- A day nursery.
- A group of young who stay together for protection.