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Play in street to get drink (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

strum

'play' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'street to get drink' is the wordplay.
'street' becomes 'st'.
'to get' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'drink' becomes 'rum' (I've seen this before).
'st'+'rum'='STRUM'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for strum that I've seen before include "Play with sweeps of fingers" , "Play stringed instrument with sweep of hand" , "Pluck the strings idly" , "Sweepingly sound guitar strings" , "Casually play (a guitar)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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