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Typical places where children might play? (6,2,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

common or garden

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'typical places where children might' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'play?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'play?' could be 'no' (no or noh is a type of Japanese theatre) and 'no' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for common or garden that I've seen before include "words associated with market" , "Familiar" , "Undistinguished" , "Nothing special" , "usual type" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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