Rows of houses around football grounds? (8)

I believe the answer is:

terraces

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'rows' is the definition.
(I know this)

'houses around football grounds?' is the wordplay.
'houses' becomes 'terrace' (I've seen this before).
'around football grounds?' becomes 's' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'terrace'+'s'='TERRACES'

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for terraces that I've seen before include "Tiers around sports grounds" , "walks" , "Connected rows of houses" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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