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Said “Repent!” to reform street walker (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pedestrian

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'street walker' is the definition.
'pedestrian' can be an answer for 'walker' (synonyms). I am not sure about the 'street' bit.

'said repent to reform' is the wordplay.
'to reform' indicates anagramming the letters (letters in a new form).
'said'+'repent'='saidrepent'
'saidrepent' is an anagram of 'PEDESTRIAN'.

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(Other definitions for pedestrian that I've seen before include "Walker; prosaic" , "wearer of leather?" , "Hiker" , "A person travelling on foot" , "chap on zebra could be?" .)

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