Leaves box and coaches close to street (3,5)
I believe the answer is:
tea chest
'leaves box' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'coaches close to street' is the wordplay.
'coaches' becomes 'teaches' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'close to' says to take the final letters (the close/ending of).
The last letter of 'street' is 't'.
'teaches'+'t'='TEA-CHEST'
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tea chest that I've seen before include "Foil-lined wooden box" , "box exported from India?" , "box of gunpowder, say" , "packing-case" , "Dry container" .)