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Casually play Street Spirit (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

strum

'casually play' is the definition.
(strum a guitar)

'street spirit' is the wordplay.
'street' becomes 'st' (abbreviation).
'spirit' becomes 'rum' (alcoholic spirit).
'st'+'rum'='STRUM'

(Other definitions for strum that I've seen before include "'Sound the strings, musically (5)'" , "Play with sweeps of fingers" , "Play a stringed instrument (badly)" , "Play strings with sweep of hand" , "Play idly on guitar etc" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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