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Name of songbird, extremely large (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

title

'name' is the definition.
(eg the name of a book)

'songbird extremely large' is the wordplay.
'songbird' becomes 'tit' (tit is a type of songbird).
'extremely' suggests removing the centre (only the extremes of the word are used).
'large' with its centre taken out is 'le'.
'tit'+'le'='TITLE'

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for title that I've seen before include "Championship -- form of address" , "Handle" , "Appellation signifying status or function" , "Lord, sir, doctor, for instance" , "Right to possession" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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