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Cricket club, English, stopping fool's admission (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

access

'admission' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'cricket club english stopping fool's' is the wordplay.
'cricket club' becomes 'cc' (cricketing abbreviation).
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'stopping' indicates putting letters inside (stopping can mean blocking a gap).
'fool's' becomes 'ass' (ass is a kind of fool).
'cc'+'e'='cce'
'cce' inserted inside 'ass' is 'ACCESS'.

(Other definitions for access that I've seen before include "Right or way to enter" , "fit" , "Right or means of admittance" , "Means of entering, way in" , "drive, perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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