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Funny-looking African native, one that's good and strong, tracking duck (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ostrich

'funny-looking african native' is the definition.

'one that's good and strong tracking duck' is the wordplay.
'one that's good' becomes 'st' (saint).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'strong' becomes 'rich'.
'tracking' says to put letters next to each other (track can mean to follow or go after).
'duck' becomes 'o'.
'st'+'rich' is 'strich'.
'strich' put after 'o' is 'OSTRICH'.

(Other definitions for ostrich that I've seen before include "The biggest bird, can't fly" , "source of showy feathers" , "one tries to hide in the sand" , "A bird for the shirt co." , "Person refusing to face reality" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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