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Ginger-winged bird heading off to silo? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

granary

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'silo?' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'ginger-winged bird heading off' is the wordplay.
'ginger-winged' becomes 'gr' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'bird' becomes 'canary' (canary is a kind of bird).
'heading off' means to remove the first letter.
'canary' with its first letter removed is 'anary'.
'gr'+'anary'='GRANARY'

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for granary that I've seen before include "Storehouse for wheat or corn, say" , "(Of bread) containing whole grains of wheat" , "Store for, eg, corn" , "Store for grain, etc" , "Grain storehouse" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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