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Clever chap supporting Turkey? Or a fool? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

birdbrain

'a fool?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'clever chap supporting turkey?' is the wordplay.
'clever chap' becomes 'brain' (brain can mean a brainy person).
'supporting' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, some letters go below others).
'turkey?' becomes 'bird' (turkey is a kind of bird).
'brain' after 'bird' is 'BIRDBRAIN'.

'or' is the link.

(Other definitions for birdbrain that I've seen before include "Twittering twit?" , "Silly person (with sparrow's mind?)" , "Stupid" , "Fool" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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