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No-good lake bird (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ousel

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

'no-good lake' is the wordplay.
'no' becomes 'o' (resembles 0 - 'no' can mean 'zero').
'good' becomes 'use' (in phrases like 'it's no good', 'any good?' etc).
'lake' becomes 'l'.
'o'+'use'+'l'='OUSEL'

(Other definitions for ousel that I've seen before include "Bird similar to blackbird" , "Old name for a blackbird; also a kind of thrush" , "Common black thrush" , "Feathered vertebrate" , "it goes flying" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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