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Girl seeing bird, one in meadow (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

letitia

'girl' is the definition.

'bird one in meadow' is the wordplay.
'bird' becomes 'tit' (I've seen this before**).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'meadow' becomes 'lea' (I've seen this before).
'tit'+'i'='titi'
'titi' going within 'lea' is 'LETITIA'.

'seeing' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for letitia that I've seen before include "Female" , "Girl" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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