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Article by Time turned up in sports venue (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

arena

'sports venue' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'article by time turned up' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'an' (indefinite article).
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'time' becomes 'era' (an era is a period of time).
'turned up' is a reversal indicator.
'an'+'era'='anera'
'anera' backwards is 'ARENA'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for arena that I've seen before include "Auditorium" , "Venue for contests" , "park" , "Sit around here being entertained" , "Space for public events" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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