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Dawdle behind on the street and get angry about gravel verges (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

straggle

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'dawdle behind' is the definition.
'straggle' can be an answer for 'dawdle' (thesaurus). I am not sure about the 'behind' bit.

'the street and get angry about gravel verges' is the wordplay.
'the street' becomes 'st' (abbreviation).
'and get' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'angry about gravel verges' becomes 'raggle' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'st'+'raggle'='STRAGGLE'

'on' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for straggle that I've seen before include "Wander" , "Untidy group" , "Spread out untidily" , "String out" , "Linger behind" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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