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In two different ways, fight bird (7)

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I believe the answer is:

sparrow

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'bird' is the definition.
(sparrow is a kind of bird)

'in two different ways fight' is the wordplay.
'in two different ways' becomes 'spar' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'fight' becomes 'row' (I've seen this in another clue).
'spar'+'row'='SPARROW'

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(Other definitions for sparrow that I've seen before include "bird produced" , "A chirrupy city bird" , "Finch-like bird" , "Small brown bird" , "Who killed Cock Robin" .)

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