Bird starter in yoghurt dip with no-fuss sugar topping (7,4)
I believe the answer is:
muscovy duck
'bird' is the definition.
(muscovy duck is a kind of bird)
'starter in yoghurt dip with no-fuss sugar topping' is the wordplay.
'starter in' indicates taking the first letters.
'dip' becomes 'duck' (ducking is a kind of dipping).
'with no fuss sugar' becomes 'muscov' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'topping' says to put letters next to each other.
The first letter of 'yoghurt' is 'y'.
'y'+'duck'='yduck'
'yduck' after 'muscov' is 'MUSCOVY-DUCK'.
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I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.
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