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Eggs a novice on at the cricket ground (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oval

'the cricket ground' is the definition.
(London cricket ground)

'eggs a novice on' is the wordplay.
'eggs' becomes 'ova' (term for egg cells).
'a novice' becomes 'L' (as in a learner driver with L-plates on their car).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'ova'+'l'='OVAL'

'at' is the link.

(Other definitions for oval that I've seen before include "Curved shape" , "Squashed circle" , "Like eggs" , "Rounded like an egg" , "Surrey county cricket ground" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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