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Unintentionally catch bird on traps (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

overhear

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'unintentionally catch' is the definition.
'overhear' can be an answer for 'catch' (synonyms). I'm unsure of the 'unintentionally' bit.

'bird on traps' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'bird' could be 'rhea' (rhea is a kind of bird) and 'rhea' is found within the answer.
'on' could be 'over' (over can mean on top of) and 'over' is found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for overhear that I've seen before include "Listen unintentionally" , "Accidentally perceive with the ear" , "Listen accidentally unknown to speaker" , "Listen accidentally without speaker's knowledge" , "Tune in to conversation accidentally" .)

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