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Might one be looking up a Spoonerism for Mrs Malaprop? (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

birdwatcher

'might one be looking up a spoonerism' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'mrs malaprop?' is the wordplay.
'mrs' becomes 'Bird'.
'malaprop?' becomes 'watcher' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'bird'+'watcher'='BIRDWATCHER'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for birdwatcher that I've seen before include "Ornithologist" , "Student of nature" , "naturalist!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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