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Litter in street and someone being sick (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stretcher

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'litter' is the definition.
(stretcher is a kind of litter)

'street and someone being sick' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'street' could be 'st' (abbreviation) and 'st' is found in the answer.
'someone' could be 'etcher' (etcher is a kind of someone) and 'etcher' is found in the answer.
A single letter 'r' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for stretcher that I've seen before include "Device for carrying one who is lying down" , "One making economies" , "It carries the wounded" , "Carrier for person lying down" , "for carrying the sick" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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