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I agree the woman has caught a flightless bird (4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hear hear

'i agree' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'the woman has caught a flightless bird' is the wordplay.
'the woman' becomes 'her'.
'has caught' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'flightless bird' becomes 'rhea' (rhea is a kind of flightless bird).
'a'+'rhea'='arhea'
'her' enclosing 'arhea' is 'HEAR HEAR'.

(Other definitions for hear hear that I've seen before include "exclaiming repeatedly" , "sound supportive" , "That's right" , "Listen, listen - that's applause!" , "Jolly good!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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