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Lift hatch noisily for bird (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

jackdaw

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

'lift hatch noisily' is the wordplay.
'lift' becomes 'jack' (jacking is a kind of lifting).
'hatch noisily' becomes 'daw' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'jack'+'daw'='JACKDAW'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for jackdaw that I've seen before include "one found in crow's nest" , "Small black crow" , "Member of crow family noted for thieving" , "Thief in Rheims" , "Grey-headed crow" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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