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List must include ordinary farmyard bird (7)

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I believe the answer is:

rooster

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'farmyard bird' is the definition.
(male fowl)

'list must include ordinary' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'ordinary' could be 'o' (abbreviation e.g. O-Levels) and 'o' is found within the answer.
'list' could be 'roster' (roster is a kind of list) and 'roster' is found in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for rooster that I've seen before include "Adult male chicken" , "Bird that wakes up" , "Early-morning caller" , "So retro (anag.)" , "Farmyard fowl" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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