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At front of entrance there's a stone (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

agate

'there's a stone' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'at front of entrance' is the wordplay.
'front of' indicates taking the first letters.
'entrance' becomes 'gate' (I've seen this before**).
The first letter of 'at' is 'a'.
'a'+'gate'='AGATE'

(Other definitions for agate that I've seen before include "Hard stone with concentric bands of colour" , "Quartz variety" , "Impure form of quartz with banded chalcedony, used as a gemstone" , "Quartz with bands of colour, used in jewellery" , "Stone with coloured bands" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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