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Bird in consequence rising over quarry (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

osprey

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

'consequence rising over quarry' is the wordplay.
'consequence rising' becomes 'os' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'over' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'quarry' becomes 'prey' (synonyms).
'os'+'prey'='OSPREY'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for osprey that I've seen before include "The fishing eagle" , "Large bird preying on fish in inland waters" , "Bird of fine feather" , "Fish eagle" , "Large hawk, feeds on fish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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