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Street in Waterford with a group of Arabians? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

string

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'with a group of arabians?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.

'street in waterford' is the wordplay.
'street' becomes 'st'.
'in waterford' becomes 'ring' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'st'+'ring'='STRING'

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(Other definitions for string that I've seen before include "Violin wire/catgut" , "Something for tying up" , "Thin piece of cord" , "Piece of catgut stretched on violin" , "Number of animals" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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