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Writers taking in street restaurants (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bistros

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'restaurants' is the definition.
(bistro is a kind of restaurant)

'writers taking in street' is the wordplay.
'writers' becomes 'biros' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'taking in' indicates putting letters inside.
'street' becomes 'st' (abbreviation).
'biros' placed around 'st' is 'BISTROS'.

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(Other definitions for bistros that I've seen before include "Informal restaurants" , "places to eat..." , "Dread" , "Bars" , "Small restaurants" .)

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