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A street in play, comfortable and warm (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

toasty

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

'a street in play' is the wordplay.
'street' becomes 'st' (abbreviation).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'play' becomes 'toy' (synonyms).
'a'+'st'='ast'
'ast' inserted within 'toy' is 'TOASTY'.

'comfortable and' is the link.
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(Other definitions for toasty that I've seen before include "Hot food" , "Pleasantly warm" , "snack" , "Cosily warm" , "nice and warm?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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