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Creature wanting fish braised in the cooking? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

seabird

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'creature' is the definition.
(seabird is a kind of animal)

'braised in the cooking?' is the wordplay.
'in the cooking?' indicates anagramming the letters (letters must be cooked or processed).
'braised' anagrammed gives 'SEABIRD'.

'wanting fish' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for seabird that I've seen before include "A gull, for instance" , "Gannet possibly" , "Gull, for example" , "gannet, perhaps" , "gull, say" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and The Times.
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