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Found right beside winged creature in animal enclosure, weirdly (9)

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I believe the answer is:

strangely

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

'found right beside winged creature in animal enclosure' is the wordplay.
'found right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation. I am not sure about the 'found' bit.).
'beside' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'winged creature' becomes 'angel' (angels have wings).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'animal enclosure' becomes 'sty' (pig sty).
'r'+'angel'='rangel'
'rangel' put into 'sty' is 'STRANGELY'.

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(Other definitions for strangely that I've seen before include "Surprisingly" , "Oddly, queerly" , "in a weird way" , "unusually" , "Weirdly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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