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Black French duck brought back for hunter (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

orion

'for hunter' is the definition.
(constellation)

'black french duck brought back' is the wordplay.
'black french' becomes 'noir' ('black' in French).
'duck' becomes 'o' (resembles zero - 'duck' in cricket).
'brought back' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'noir'+'o'='noiro'
'noiro' backwards is 'ORION'.

(Other definitions for orion that I've seen before include "His belt is in the heavens" , "Group of stars" , "A giant hunter in Greek legend, and a constellation" , "Constellation named for great Greek hunter" , "Hunter slain by Artemis" .)

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