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Chinese guy follows bird for accomplice (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

henchman

'accomplice' is the definition.
(henchman is a kind of accomplice)

'chinese guy follows bird' is the wordplay.
'chinese' becomes 'ch' (I've seen this in other clues).
'guy' becomes 'man' (I've seen this before).
'follows' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'bird' becomes 'hen' (hen is a kind of bird).
'ch'+'man'='chman'
'chman' put after 'hen' is 'HENCHMAN'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for henchman that I've seen before include "Right-hand man" , "Faithful follower" , "Faithful helper" , "Follower of a criminal gang chief" , "Follower prepared to behave dishonestly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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