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Vacated street with loads of paper runs (7)

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I believe the answer is:

streams

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'paper runs' is the definition.
'streams' can be an answer for 'runs' (I've seen this in another clue). I'm not certain of the 'paper' bit.

'vacated street with loads' is the wordplay.
'vacated' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (internal letters vacate the word).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'loads' becomes 'reams' (I've seen this in another clue).
'street' with its middle taken out is 'st'.
'st'+'reams'='STREAMS'

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for streams that I've seen before include "Rills" , "Torrents" , "Masters (anag.)" , "Brooks" .)

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