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Care assistants will accept penalties given here (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

area

'penalties given here' is the definition.
(reference to the penalty area on a football pitch)

'care assistants will accept' is the wordplay.
'will accept' says the answer is hidden in the clue.
'AREA' is hidden within 'care assistants'.

(Other definitions for area that I've seen before include "Expanse of a surface" , "Space occupied by something" , "'Tract, region (4)'" , "Part of a building, city etc" , "District; plot" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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