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Any number leaving stadium locality (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

area

'locality' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'any number leaving stadium' is the wordplay.
'any number' becomes 'n' (mathematical symbol for an unspecified number).
'leaving' is a deletion indicator.
'stadium' becomes 'arean' (I've seen this before).
'arean' with 'n' taken away is 'AREA'.

(Other definitions for area that I've seen before include "environs" , "District; plot" , "land" , "Locality" , "Space occupied by something" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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