A couple of small streets’ staff (5)

I believe the answer is:

stave

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'staff' is the definition.
(I know that staff can be written as stave)

I can't explain the rest of the clue.

(Other definitions for stave that I've seen before include "System of five horizontal lines in written music" , "Stanza of a poem" , "Wooden piece of barrel" , "Bar" , "Strip of wood" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.

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