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Excellent US sports event not getting the bird? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

superb

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

'us sports event not getting the bird?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'sports' could be 'pe' (Physical Education) and 'pe' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for superb that I've seen before include "Magnificent, quite splendid" , "Of surpassing excellence" , "Impressively splendid" , "Tiptop" , "First-rate" .)

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