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Secret store in a street tree (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stash

'secret store' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'street tree' is the wordplay.
'street' becomes 'st' (abbreviation).
'tree' becomes 'ash tree' (ash is a kind of tree).
'st'+'ash'='STASH'

'in a' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for stash that I've seen before include "Stow away" , "Squirrel away" , "drug store" , "Hide in a secret place" , "collection" .)

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