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Containerfound in street is barely sufficient (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scant

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'barely sufficient' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'containerfound in street' is the wordplay.
'containerfound' becomes 'can' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'street' becomes 'st' (abbreviation).
'can' placed inside 'st' is 'SCANT'.

'is' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for scant that I've seen before include "Deficient, sparing" , "Barely adequate" , "Bare" , "Little" , "Cursory" .)

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