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* Drone perhaps to fly outside (5)

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I believe the answer is:

beefy

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'drone perhaps to fly outside' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'drone perhaps to fly outside' is the wordplay.
'drone perhaps' becomes 'bee' (drone is a kind of bee).
'to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'outside' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'fly' with its middle taken out is 'fy'.
'bee'+'fy'='BEEFY'

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(Other definitions for beefy that I've seen before include "Brawny" , "Strong and muscular" , "Muscularly well-developed" , "Colloquially muscular" , "Burly" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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