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Stop one’s little boy going up on street (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

desist

'stop' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'one's little boy going up on street' is the wordplay.
'one's' becomes 'is' (roman numeral**).
'little boy' becomes 'ed' (nickname or 'little' form of Edward).
'going up' is a reversal indicator.
'on street' becomes 'st' (I've seen this in other clues).
'is'+'ed'='ised'
'ised' backwards is 'desi'.
'desi'+'st'='DESIST'

(Other definitions for desist that I've seen before include "Whoa, cease" , "Cease; abstain" , "Leave off (doing a thing)" , "Stop (doing something)" , "'Refrain from, stop (6)'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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