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He has a bottle opener in wrought iron! (5)

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I believe the answer is:

robin

'he' is the definition.

'a bottle opener in wrought iron' is the wordplay.
'opener' says to take the initial letters.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'wrought' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
The first letter of 'bottle' is 'b'.
'iron' with letters rearranged gives 'roin'.
'b' going within 'roin' is 'ROBIN'.

'has' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for robin that I've seen before include "Seasonal bird" , "Batman and --" , "Small songbird" , "Small brown thrush" , "Friendly winter bird" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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