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One litter bin in the street is hardly enough (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scant

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'hardly enough' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'one litter bin in the street' is the wordplay.
'one litter bin' becomes 'can' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in the' is an insertion indicator.
'street' becomes 'st' (abbreviation).
'can' put into 'st' is 'SCANT'.

'is' is the link.

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(Other definitions for scant that I've seen before include "Little" , "Limited, inadequate" , "Bare" , "Cursory" , "In short supply" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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