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Remain too long in public street with a Yankee (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

outstay

'remain too long' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'public street with a yankee' is the wordplay.
'public' becomes 'out' (I've seen this before).
'street with' becomes 'st' (I've seen this in other clues).
'yankee' becomes 'Y' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'out'+'st'+'a'+'y'='OUTSTAY'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for outstay that I've seen before include "A formal speech" , "Last longer than (another competitor)" , "Remain longer than" , "Remain beyond" , "Show more stamina than others" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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