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A weird roofless home for bird in US (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aerie

'home for bird in us' is the definition.
(US spelling of eyrie )

'a weird roofless' is the wordplay.
'weird' becomes 'eerie' (I've seen this before).
'roofless' means to remove the first letter.
'eerie' with its initial letter taken away is 'erie'.
'a'+'erie'='AERIE'

(Other definitions for aerie that I've seen before include "wherein some types of bird may sit" , "inaccessible place" , "Sort of nest" , "brood" , "Visionary" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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