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Birds ruin metal containers (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

martins

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

'ruin metal containers' is the wordplay.
'ruin' becomes 'mar' (I've seen this before).
'metal containers' becomes 'tins'.
'mar'+'tins'='MARTINS'

(Other definitions for martins that I've seen before include "St - - , one of the Scilly Isles" , "Eaves-nesting birds" .)

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