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Start to examine notice in cut pasture-ground (6)

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I believe the answer is:

meadow

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'pasture-ground' is the definition.
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'start to examine notice in cut' is the wordplay.
'start to' indicates taking the first letters.
'notice' becomes 'ad' (short for advert).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'cut' becomes 'mow' (as in mowing a lawn).
The first letter of 'examine' is 'e'.
'e'+'ad'='ead'
'ead' placed within 'mow' is 'MEADOW'.

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(Other definitions for meadow that I've seen before include "Low ground near river" , "Tract of cultivated grassland" , "area of grassland" , "A field of rich grass" , "Grassy field" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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