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Bird landed finally on slope (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

drake

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

'landed finally on slope' is the wordplay.
'finally' indicates one should take the final letters.
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'slope' becomes 'rake' (rake is a kind of slope**).
The last letter of 'landed' is 'd'.
'd'+'rake'='DRAKE'

(Other definitions for drake that I've seen before include "Raked (anag.)" , "Male billed" , "adventurer from Devon" , "Might he have bowled" , "Elizabethan sailor" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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