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Stages cricket match every year outside (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

podia

'stages' is the definition.
(plural of podium)

'cricket match every year outside' is the wordplay.
'cricket match' becomes 'ODI' (short for one day international).
'every year' becomes 'pa' (per annum).
'outside' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters go outside others).
'odi' going inside 'pa' is 'PODIA'.

(Other definitions for podia that I've seen before include "bases" , "Raised platforms" , "Support structures for speakers" , "Stands" , "pedestals" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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