Place across street for insects (7)
I believe the answer is:
locusts
'insects' is the definition.
(locust is a kind of insect)
'place across street' is the wordplay.
'place' becomes 'locus' ('place' in Latin).
'across' indicates putting letters inside.
'street' becomes 'st' (abbreviation).
'locus' going around 'st' is 'LOCUSTS'.
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for locusts that I've seen before include "Strippers" , "Destructive grasshoppers" , "can be a plague" , "Grasshoppers of warm regions" .)