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Fighting inside winged creature's cave (6)

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I believe the answer is:

beware

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'cave' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'fighting inside winged creature's' is the wordplay.
'fighting' becomes 'war'.
'inside' is an insertion indicator.
'winged creature' becomes 'bee' (bee is a kind of creature. I am not sure about the 'winged' bit.).
'war' put within 'bee' is 'BEWARE'.

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(Other definitions for beware that I've seen before include "Be cautious about" , "Take heed" , "Archaic word for look out, mind yourself" , "Archaic warning to watch out, danger ahead" , "Archaic warning to be careful, danger ahead" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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