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Bird to laugh over egg snatched from wok (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hawk

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'bird' is the definition.
(I know that hawk is a type of bird of prey)

'laugh over egg snatched from wok' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'laugh' could be 'ha' and 'ha' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for hawk that I've seen before include "One in favour of tough action" , "Aggressive type" , "someone for fighting" , "Raptor - one in favour of aggressive policies" , "Sell - bird of prey" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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