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Bird about to get crumbled bread by stone (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

redbreast

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

'to get crumbled bread by stone' is the wordplay.
'to get' becomes 're' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'crumbled' is an anagram indicator.
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'stone' becomes 'st'.
'bread' anagrammed gives 'dbrea'.
're'+'dbrea'+'st'='REDBREAST'

'about' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for redbreast that I've seen before include "Type of robin" , "One tweets" , "Bird" , "Flapper" .)

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