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Streak in street with breeze rising (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stria

'streak' is the definition.
(term for a marked or engraved line)

'street with breeze rising' is the wordplay.
'street' becomes 'st'.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'breeze' becomes 'air' (synonyms).
'rising' says the letters should be written backwards (going up in a down clue).
'air' written backwards gives 'ria'.
'st'+'ria'='STRIA'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for stria that I've seen before include "streak" , "band" , "Lines" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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