Feathered friends eating artist's sprouts in Fife (7)

I believe the answer is:

brairds

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'sprouts in fife' is the definition.
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'feathered friends eating artist's' is the wordplay.
'feathered friends' becomes 'birds' (I've seen this in another clue).
'eating' is an insertion indicator.
'artist' becomes 'RA' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'birds' going around 'ra' is 'BRAIRDS'.

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