Drop an ugly oddball outside part of school? (10)
I believe the answer is:
playground
'outside part of school?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'drop an ugly oddball' is the wordplay.
'oddball' is an anagram indicator.
'drop'+'an'+'ugly'='dropanugly'
'dropanugly' anagrammed gives 'PLAYGROUND'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for playground that I've seen before include "kids' recreation area" , "Recreational area" , "amusement venue" .)