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Beer taken by northern bird (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bittern

'bird' is the definition.
(bittern is a kind of bird)

'beer taken by northern' is the wordplay.
'beer' becomes 'bitter' (bitter is a type of beer).
'taken by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'northern' becomes 'n' (abbreviation e.g. N. Ireland).
'bitter'+'n'='BITTERN'

(Other definitions for bittern that I've seen before include "Source of boom" , "Marsh bird of the heron family" , "large wader" , "Aquatic bird" , "Bird with a booming cry" .)

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