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Bird after song for competition (5,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

round robin

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'competition' is the definition.
(round robin is a kind of competition)

'bird after song' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'bird' could be 'robin' (robin is a kind of bird) and 'robin' is present in the answer.
'song' could be 'round' (round is a kind of song) and 'round' is found within the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for round robin that I've seen before include "Request presented, with no clear leader" , "Multi-signature letter" , "Circular letter, petition" , "Tournament in which every contestant plays against every other" , "note" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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