Hang around waiting for the feathers? (5)

I believe the answer is:

tarry

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'hang around waiting' is the definition.
'tarry' can be an answer for 'hang' (thesaurus). I am not sure about the 'around waiting' bit.

'the feathers?' is the wordplay.
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
'feathers?' becomes 'arry' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
't'+'arry'='TARRY'

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for tarry that I've seen before include "Hot and sticky" , "perhaps not to split" , "Famous novel by Patrick Kavanagh - '. . . . . Flynn'" , "Stay longer than intended" , "Delay leaving" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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