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Street leading to the old eyesore? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stye

'eyesore?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'street leading to the old' is the wordplay.
'street' becomes 'st' (abbreviation).
'leading to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (some letters go before or lead others).
'the old' becomes 'ye' (resembles a historical spelling of 'the').
'st'+'ye'='STYE'

(Other definitions for stye that I've seen before include "Observer's problem" , "Eye sore" , "Ocular affliction" , "irritation to the viewer" , "dump" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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