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Bird calls spoil the speech (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cheeps

'bird calls' is the definition.
(a cheep is a sound made by a bird)

'spoil the speech' is the wordplay.
'spoil' indicates an anagram.
'speech' anagrammed gives 'CHEEPS'.

(Other definitions for cheeps that I've seen before include "The sound" , "Bird sounds" , "as exemplified in some tweets" , "Speech like bird cries" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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