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Bit of a tea leaf, this flier? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

teal

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'flier?' is the definition.
(teal is a kind of birdanimal)

'bit of a tea leaf' is the wordplay.
'bit of a tea' becomes 'tea' ('tea' is part of 'tea').
'leaf' becomes 'l' (this might be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'tea'+'l'='TEAL'

'this' is the link.

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(Other definitions for teal that I've seen before include "Duck; greenish-blue colour" , "Small river duck" , "Raise (subject matter)" , "Species of duck" , "Small freshwater duck and colour" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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