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Boast about fight (4)

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I believe the answer is:

crow

'boast' is the definition.
(crowing is a kind of boasting)

'about fight' is the wordplay.
'about' becomes 'c' (abbreviation for 'circa').
'fight' becomes 'row'.
'c'+'row'='CROW'

(Other definitions for crow that I've seen before include "Black bird with raucous call" , "Express triumph; bird" , "One commonly stoned" , "Gloat" , "Make sounds of pleasure as a baby does - or a bird" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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