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Street trader's outstanding period plugging a type of eel (12)

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I believe the answer is:

costermonger

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'street trader's outstanding period plugging a type of eel' is the definition.
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'outstanding period plugging a type of eel' is the wordplay.
'outstanding' becomes 'os' (accounting abbreviation).
'period' becomes 'term' (term is a kind of period).
'plugging' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters plug up a gap in the word).
'a type of eel' becomes 'conger' ().
'os'+'term'='osterm'
'osterm' inserted within 'conger' is 'COSTERMONGER'.

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(Other definitions for costermonger that I've seen before include "Fruit/veg seller" , "Old hawker of fruit and veg - corners got me (anag)" , "Barrow boy" , "Fruit and veg seller" .)

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