Georgian city gives thanks over street getting end scrubbed by volunteers (7)
I believe the answer is:
atlanta
'georgian city' is the definition.
(city in the US state of Georgia)
'thanks over street getting end scrubbed by volunteers' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'thanks' could be 'ta' (UK informal version of 'thank you') and 'ta' is located in the answer.
'by' could be 'at' and 'at' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'lan' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'gives' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for atlanta that I've seen before include "Olympic games city, 1996" , "Maiden desperate to marry abandons a" , "1996 Summer Olympics venue" , "Georgia's state capital" , "Olympic venue" .)