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Play area secured ground to start again (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

recrudesce

'start again' is the definition.

'play area secured ground' is the wordplay.
'play area' becomes 'rec' (short for recreation ground).
'ground' is an anagram indicator (grind the letters ).
'secured' anagrammed gives 'rudesce'.
'rec'+'rudesce'='RECRUDESCE'

'to' is the link.

(Another definition for recrudesce that I've seen is " Break out again".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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