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Maybe cherry's sour for bird (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

redstart

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

'maybe cherry's sour' is the wordplay.
'maybe cherry' becomes 'reds' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'sour' becomes 'tart' (similar in meaning).
'reds'+'tart'='REDSTART'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for redstart that I've seen before include "bird from Europe" , "Singer" , "One sings" , "Songbird" , "Bird (coloured opening!)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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