Ground near the centre (5)
I believe the answer is:
earth
'ground' is the definition.
(I know that ground can be written as earth)
'near the centre' is the wordplay.
'centre' indicates a hidden word (hidden in the middle of the letters).
'EARTH' can be found hidden inside 'near the'.
(Other definitions for earth that I've seen before include "costs so much?" , "Fox's underground lair" , "Third planet from the Sun" , "Terrestrial sphere" , "Fox's burrow" .)