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Chicken caught by another bird (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

craven

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'chicken' is the definition.
(both can mean cowardly)

'another bird' is the wordplay.
'another' becomes 'c' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'bird' becomes 'raven' (raven is a kind of bird).
'c'+'raven'='CRAVEN'

'caught by' acts as a link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for craven that I've seen before include "Yellow" , "Mean-spirited" , "Cowardly, spineless" , "Chicken-hearted" , "Faint-hearted" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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