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Wandered with this writer in street (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

roamed

'wandered' is the definition.
('roam' can be a synonym of 'wander')

'this writer in street' is the wordplay.
'this writer' becomes 'me' (the person who is writing these clues).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'street' becomes 'road' (I've seen this in another clue).
'me' going into 'road' is 'ROAMED'.

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for roamed that I've seen before include "Rambled around" , "Meandered" , "Wandered about without any destination" , "Walked aimlessly" , "Roved" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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