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Apartment with rook and bigger bird (6)

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I believe the answer is:

condor

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'bigger bird' is the definition.
'condor' can be an answer for 'bird' (condor is a kind of bird). I'm unsure of the 'bigger' bit.

'apartment with rook' is the wordplay.
'apartment' becomes 'condo' (I have seen 'American apartment' mean 'condo' so perhaps 'apartment' could also mean 'condo').
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'rook' becomes 'r' (abbreviation in chess).
'condo'+'r'='CONDOR'

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for condor that I've seen before include "Large American vulture" , "Largest New World vulture" , "South American vulture" , "Large flyer" , "Andean bird" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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