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Early birds sound pleased, wanting last flower (8)

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I believe the answer is:

larkspur

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'flower' is the definition.
(larkspur is a kind of flower)

'early birds sound pleased wanting last' is the wordplay.
'early birds' becomes 'larks' (I've seen this before).
'sound pleased wanting last' becomes 'pur' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'larks'+'pur'='LARKSPUR'

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(Other definitions for larkspur that I've seen before include "Mediterranean plant of the buttercup family" , "Flower (named after excrescence on a bird?)" , "Delphinium-like flower" , "Flower like a delphinium" , "Plant resembling a delphinium" .)

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