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Bird landed, let out and flying low (6,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

little owl

'bird' is the definition.
(little owl is a kind of bird)

'landed let out and flying low' is the wordplay.
'landed' becomes 'lit' (light or alight can mean to land).
'out' indicates an anagram (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'flying' indicates an anagram (letters fly around into new positions).
'let' anagrammed gives 'tle'.
'low' anagrammed gives 'owl'.
'lit'+'tle'+'owl'='LITTLE OWL'

(Other definitions for little owl that I've seen before include "flier" , "Flyer" , "inappropriate for this bird" , "Small bird of prey" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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