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& 19 Now it's clear ... some cricket! (6)

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I believe the answer is:

twenty

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'19' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both quantities as well as being singular nouns.
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(Other definitions for twenty that I've seen before include "Number" , "John B Keane wrote about many young men of this age" , "with two crosses" , "No longer a teenager" , "previous clue?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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