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Birds caught with trouble are located among larks (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

capercaillies

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'birds' is the definition.
(capercaillie is a kind of bird)

'with trouble are located among larks' is the wordplay.
'with' is an insertion indicator.
'trouble' becomes 'ail' (synonyms).
'are located' becomes 'clie' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'among' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters are placed among others).
'larks' becomes 'capers' (lark can mean a caper or bit of fun).
'ail' inserted into 'clie' is 'caillie'.
'caillie' inserted into 'capers' is 'CAPERCAILLIES'.

'caught' acts as a link.
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(Another definition for capercaillies that I've seen is " Grouse".)

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