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To have property in backstreet built-up areas (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

towns

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'built-up areas' is the definition.
'towns' can be an answer for 'areas' (town is a kind of area). I'm unsure of the 'built-up' bit.

'to have property in backstreet' is the wordplay.
'to have property' becomes 'own' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'backstreet' becomes 'ts' ('st' backwards).
'own' placed inside 'ts' is 'TOWNS'.

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(Other definitions for towns that I've seen before include "Settlements" , "Municipalities" , "Urban areas" , "Places" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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