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Middleman's outside in the morning, on Short Street with the author (4,6)

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I believe the answer is:

bram stoker

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'the author' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'middleman's outside in the morning on short street' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is located in the answer.
'morning' could be 'am' (as in 12:00 AM) and 'am' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'with' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Another definition for bram stoker that I've seen is " ''Dracula" author".)

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