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Run in street, shamefully naked, unclothed (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

streak

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'run' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'street shamefully naked unclothed' is the wordplay.
'street' becomes 'st'.
'shamefully' becomes 'rea' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'unclothed' means to look at the middle letters.
The centre of 'naked' is 'k'.
'st'+'rea'+'k'='STREAK'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for streak that I've seen before include "Run nude like skater" , "Appear in the nude" , "Flash of colour - run naked" , "Irregular mark - run naked" , "Lucky spell" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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