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Put flags on quiet little street (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pave

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'little street' is the definition.
'pave' can be an answer for 'street' (thesaurus). I am unsure of the 'little' bit.

'put flags on quiet' is the wordplay.
'put flags' becomes 'ave' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'quiet' becomes 'p' (music symbol for 'piano', ie soft or quiet).
'ave' after 'p' is 'PAVE'.

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(Other definitions for pave that I've seen before include "Dress with stone etc" , "Cover with flat stones" , "Surface with stone etc." , "Cover with slabs" , "Cover with flags" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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