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Chicken to frighten away? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

coward

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'chicken' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'frighten away?' is the wordplay.
'frighten' becomes 'cow' (I've seen this in other clues).
'away?' becomes 'ard' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'cow'+'ard'='COWARD'

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(Other definitions for coward that I've seen before include "writer and composer" , "Faint-hearted person" , "Noel ......, composer of ''Bitter Sweet''" , "wimp" , "Blithe Spirit playwright" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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