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Hawk always returns South (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eyas

'hawk' is the definition.
(eyas is a kind of hawk)

'always returns south' is the wordplay.
'always' becomes 'aye' (archaic term for 'always'**).
'returns' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'south' becomes 's' ('S' can be a synonym of 'south').
'aye' back-to-front is 'eya'.
'eya'+'s'='EYAS'

(Other definitions for eyas that I've seen before include "Young bird" , "young hawk" , "Unfledged hawk" , "Nestling hawk" , "Nestling bird" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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