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Hawk and wren Margo trained (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

warmonger

'hawk' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'wren margo trained' is the wordplay.
'trained' is an anagram indicator (to train can mean to grow something into a shape).
'wren'+'margo'='wrenmargo'
'wrenmargo' with letters rearranged gives 'WARMONGER'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for warmonger that I've seen before include "Hawk" , "Hitler, perhaps" , "Bellicose type" , "Belligerent person" , "Aggressor" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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