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Grassy part of an arable area (3)

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lea

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'grassy part' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'of an arable area' is the wordplay.
'of' says the answer is hidden in the clue.
'LEA' is hidden in the letters of 'arable area'.

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(Other definitions for lea that I've seen before include "Field" , "Tract of pastureland" , "Pasture, London river" , "authority for teachers" , "Meadow (poetic)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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