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Lied maybe in this way, husband having trapped river bird (4,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

song thrush

'bird' is the definition.
(song thrush is a type of bird)

'lied maybe in this way husband having trapped river' is the wordplay.
'lied maybe' becomes 'song' (Lied is a type of German song).
'in this way' becomes 'thus' (synonyms).
'husband' becomes 'h' (abbreviation).
'having trapped' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'river' becomes 'r' (abbreviation).
'thus'+'h'='thush'
'thush' enclosing 'r' is 'thrush'.
'song'+'thrush'='SONG-THRUSH'

(Other definitions for song thrush that I've seen before include "In garden, bird" , "Turdus philomelos" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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