Steer clear of street assembly: anyhow, apparently all vacated (4,4)
I believe the answer is:
stay away
'steer clear' is the definition.
'street assembly anyhow apparently all vacated' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'street' could be 'way' (I've seen this before) and 'way' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stay away that I've seen before include "Don't attend" , "Remain absent, don't come back" .)