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Get ale for shattered bird (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eaglet

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'bird' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Young bird ' mean 'eaglet' so perhaps 'bird' could also mean 'eaglet')

'get ale for shattered' is the wordplay.
'get ale' anagrams to 'EAGLET'.
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(Other definitions for eaglet that I've seen before include "Little bird" , "Fledgling" , "Eyrie resident" , "Get ale for the young bird" , "One hatched in eyrie" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News and The Irish Independent.
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