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Bird strugglin' for breath? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

puffin

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

'strugglin' for breath?' is the wordplay.
'strugglin'' becomes 'in' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'breath?' becomes 'puff' (puff is a kind of breath).
'in' after 'puff' is 'PUFFIN'.

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(Other definitions for puffin that I've seen before include "Bird with colourful beak" , "Bright-billed bird" , "Northern seabird with short neck and brightly coloured bill" , "Seabird with brightly coloured bill - sounds out of breath" , "Large-beaked sea bird" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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