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Bird rising in the morning with squawk (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

macaw

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'bird' is the definition.
(type of parrot)

'rising in the morning with squawk' is the wordplay.
'rising' says the letters should be written backwards (going up in a down clue).
'in the morning' becomes 'am' (AM on a clock).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'squawk' becomes 'caw' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'am' written backwards gives 'ma'.
'ma'+'caw'='MACAW'

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(Other definitions for macaw that I've seen before include "brilliant winger" , "Tropical bird" , "Colourful creature" , "Tropical parrot" , "Type of parrot" .)

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