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Destitute family put into street (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

skint

'destitute' is the definition.

'family put into street' is the wordplay.
'family' becomes 'kin' ('kin' can be a synonym of 'family').
'put into' indicates putting letters inside.
'street' becomes 'st'.
'kin' inserted inside 'st' is 'SKINT'.

(Other definitions for skint that I've seen before include "Broke (sl.)" , "Extremely poor" , "Hard-up" , "Informally, having no money left" , "Stony-broke" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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