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Bird comes to sticky end in channel (5)

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I believe the answer is:

gully

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'channel' is the definition.
(gully is a kind of channel)

'bird comes to sticky end' is the wordplay.
'bird' becomes 'gull' (gull is a kind of bird).
'comes to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'sticky end' becomes 'y' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'gull'+'y'='GULLY'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for gully that I've seen before include "Rainwater channel" , "In field, position" , "Ravine cut by running water" , "Water-course" , "Cricket position; ravine" .)

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