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Artwork featuring headless parrot inside wire bars (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

collage

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'artwork' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'headless parrot inside wire bars' is the wordplay.
'headless' means to remove the first letter.
'parrot' becomes 'poll' (poll is a kind of parrot).
'inside' indicates putting letters inside.
'wire bars' becomes 'cage' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'poll' with its first letter taken off is 'oll'.
'oll' placed inside 'cage' is 'COLLAGE'.

'featuring' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for collage that I've seen before include "Artwork from sundry stuck-on items" , "Art form using pieces stuck on" , "Composition made by fixing pieces to a surface" , "work of art" , "Style of artwork" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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