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Bird died in flock (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

crowd

'flock' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'bird died' is the wordplay.
'bird' becomes 'crow' (crow is a kind of bird).
'died' becomes 'd' (abbreviation next to the year of someone's death).
'crow'+'d'='CROWD'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for crowd that I've seen before include "assembly" , "Masses" , "Army" , "Throng" , "Social set" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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