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No hard way for the idle rich? (4,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

easy street

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'no' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'hard way for the idle rich?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'way' could be 'street' (street is a kind of way) and 'street' is present in the answer.
'rich?' could be 'easy' (similar in meaning) and 'easy' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for easy street that I've seen before include "affluence" , "What the postman wants" , "Comfortable situation" , "State of financial security" , "Situation of financial comfort or security" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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