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Attractive bird wrecked boat if OK! (1,3,2,3,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

a bit of all right

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'attractive bird' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'wrecked boat if ok' is the wordplay.
'wrecked' indicates an anagram.
'ok' becomes 'allright' (synonyms).
'boat'+'if'='boatif'
'boatif' is an anagram of 'abitof'.
'abitof'+'allright'='A BIT OF ALL RIGHT'

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(Other definitions for a bit of all right that I've seen before include "Sexy looking girl" , "attractive proposition? - with 5a" , "attractive woman" , "sexy-looking girl" , "beautiful girl" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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