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Good parrot cages provided, getting praise (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

glorify

'praise' is the definition.
(I know that glorify is a more specific form of the action praise)

'good parrot cages provided' is the wordplay.
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'parrot' becomes 'lory' (term for a small parrot).
'cages' is an insertion indicator.
'provided' becomes 'if' (eg 'provided it's sunny' means 'if it's sunny').
'lory' placed around 'if' is 'lorify'.
'g'+'lorify'='GLORIFY'

'getting' is the link.

(Another definition for glorify that I've seen is " Praise".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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