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A bird to fight and squabble (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sparrow

'a bird' is the definition.
(sparrow is a kind of bird)

'fight and squabble' is the wordplay.
'fight' becomes 'spar' (sparring is a kind of fighting).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'squabble' becomes 'row' (I've seen this in other clues).
'spar'+'row'='SPARROW'

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sparrow that I've seen before include "Bird with cockney associations" , "Pirate" , "(Formerly very) common British bird" , "Who killed Cock Robin" , "Robin's slayer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail and The Irish News.
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