Bird that keeps pestering the female? (3,7)
I believe the answer is:
hen harrier
'bird that keeps pestering the female?' is the definition.
'hen harrier' can be an answer for 'bird' (hen harrier is a kind of bird). I am unsure of the remainder of the definition.
'bird that keeps pestering the female?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'bird' could be 'harrier' (harrier is a kind of bird) and 'harrier' is found within the answer.
'female?' could be 'hen' (female chicken) and 'hen' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hen harrier that I've seen before include "Bird of open country" , "Hawk" .)