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Bird finding husks of corn in church (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chaffinch

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

'husks of corn in church' is the wordplay.
'husks of corn' becomes 'chaff' (I've seen this before).
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'chaff'+'in'+'ch'='CHAFFINCH'

'finding' is the link.

(Other definitions for chaffinch that I've seen before include "Small European songbird" , "Singer" , "European bird with black and white wings" , "Common bird" , "flier" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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