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A bride's desperate for a shag, perhaps (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

seabird

'a shag perhaps' is the definition.
(shag is a type of cormorant)

'a bride's desperate' is the wordplay.
'desperate' indicates anagramming the letters.
'a'+'brides'='abrides'
'abrides' is an anagram of 'SEABIRD'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for seabird that I've seen before include "Gull perhaps" , "Gull, for example" , "Marine creature" , "gull, say" , "gannet, perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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