Crow singing to female rather softly — recital ends (6)

I believe the answer is:

sheryl

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'crow singing' is the definition.
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'female rather softly recital ends' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'she' ('she' refers to a woman).
'ends' says to take the final letters.
The last letters of 'rather softly recital' are 'ryl'.
'she'+'ryl'='SHERYL'

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