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Staff seen around a street (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

road

'street' is the definition.
(I know that street can be written as road)

'staff seen around a' is the wordplay.
'staff' becomes 'rod' (both can mean a stick or cane).
'seen around' indicates putting letters inside.
'rod' going around 'a' is 'ROAD'.

(Other definitions for road that I've seen before include "course" , "public highway" , "See 2" , "Way travelled by boat" , "motorway?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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