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Do legal owners free birds? (4-5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

long-eared owls

'birds?' is the definition.
(long-eared owl is a kind of bird)

'do legal owners free' is the wordplay.
'free' indicates an anagram.
'do'+'legal'+'owners'='dolegalowners'
'dolegalowners' anagrammed gives 'LONG-EARED OWLS'.

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