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Budgie, e.g., taken from big car Ed crashed (8)

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I believe the answer is:

cagebird

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'budgie e g taken' is the definition.
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'big car ed crashed' is the wordplay.
'crashed' indicates an anagram.
'big'+'car'+'ed'='bigcared'
'bigcared' is an anagram of 'CAGEBIRD'.

'from' acts as a link.

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