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Almost welcome capturing black bird (5)

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I believe the answer is:

grebe

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'bird' is the definition.
(type of bird)

'almost welcome capturing black' is the wordplay.
'almost welcome' becomes 'gree' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'capturing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'black' becomes 'b' (as in pencil classifications).
'gree' enclosing 'b' is 'GREBE'.

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(Other definitions for grebe that I've seen before include "Diving water bird" , "I'll dive in" , "Swimmer" , "Duck-sized water-bird" , "Diving waterbird" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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