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Deliver key, entering street abroad (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rescue

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'deliver' is the definition.
(I know that deliver can be written as rescue)

'key entering street abroad' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'key' could be 'esc' ('Escape' key on a computer keyboard) and 'esc' is located in the answer.
'street' could be 'rue' (I have seen 'French street ' mean 'rue' so perhaps 'street' could also mean 'rue') and 'rue' is present in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for rescue that I've seen before include "Retrieve" , "Deliver from danger" , "liberation" , "Salvage" , "Free someone from trouble" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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