Appropriate to attend Stoke's opening fixtures? (8)

I believe the answer is:

fittings

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'fixtures?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'appropriate to attend stoke's opening' is the wordplay.
'appropriate' becomes 'fitting' (I've seen this before).
'to attend' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'opening' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'stokes' is 's'.
'fitting'+'s'='FITTINGS'

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I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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