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Restaurant in street writer's written about (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bistro

'restaurant' is the definition.
(bistro is a kind of restaurant)

'street writer's written about' is the wordplay.
'street' becomes 'st'.
'writer' becomes 'biro' (I've seen this before**).
'written about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'st' inserted inside 'biro' is 'BISTRO'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for bistro that I've seen before include "Small informal French restaurant" , "A small informal restaurant from France" , "Modest restaurant" , "somewhere to eat" , "Eating place" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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