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Street of houses by railway in Arundel demolished (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

drury lane

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'street of houses' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'railway in arundel demolished' is the wordplay.
'railway' becomes 'ry' (abbreviation for railway).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'demolished' is an anagram indicator.
'arundel' anagrammed gives 'drulane'.
'ry' going inside 'drulane' is 'DRURY LANE'.

'by' is the link.

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(Other definitions for drury lane that I've seen before include "London Theatre street" , "street outside theatre" , "Theatre Royal street" .)

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