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Place where children may go between two and five (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

creche

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'place' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.

'children may go between two and five' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'children' could be 'ch' (genealogical abbreviation) and 'ch' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'cree' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'where' is the link.

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(Other definitions for creche that I've seen before include "Daytime nursery" , "A day nursery used by working parents" , "Nursery provided for working parents" , "Place to leave children" , "A day nursery for child-minding" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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