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Bird: feathers flying in supermarket? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sparrow

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

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(Other definitions for sparrow that I've seen before include "A small chirpy city bird 97)" , "Common town bird" , "Finch-like bird" , "fowl, using outdated term" , "bird produced" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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