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Indefinite number on street work incessantly (3-4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

non-stop

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'incessantly' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adverbs. Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'indefinite number on street work' is the wordplay.
'indefinite number' becomes 'n' (n can represent any number).
'street' becomes 'st' (abbreviation).
'work' becomes 'op' (abbreviation for opus).
'n'+'on'+'st'+'op'='NON-STOP'

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(Other definitions for non-stop that I've seen before include "Round-the-clock" , "Unceasing" , "Going straight from A to B" , "Continuous" , "Ceaseless" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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