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Gather in nut kernel for bird to eat (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

intuit

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'gather' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to thinking as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'in nut kernel for bird to eat' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'in' is present in the answer.
'bird' could be 'tui' (I've seen this before) and 'tui' is found in the answer.
A single letter 't' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for intuit that I've seen before include "Understand by instinct" , "Work out by instinct" , "instinctive knowledge" , "Know by direct perception" , "makes sense" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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