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Attempt, with catapult, to get young bird (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gosling

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

'attempt with catapult' is the wordplay.
'attempt' becomes 'go' (go is a kind of attempt).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'catapult' becomes 'sling' (synonyms).
'go'+'sling'='GOSLING'

'to get' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for gosling that I've seen before include "Young waterbird" , "Young goose" , "Young bird" , "Little bird" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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