Dogs scoff in revolutionary way (6)

Independent Cryptic #11723 | 23 Down | 2024-05-07
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

RAIL (scoff = to complain mockingly), contained in ST (abbreviation for street = way) reversed (revolutionary). I’d only come across “rail” as meaning to complain angrily, but Chambers also has the sense of mocking. Dog, as a verb = trail = follow.

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