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Old wife to enable young flyer (5)

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I believe the answer is:

owlet

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'flyer' is the definition.
(I know that owlet is a type of bird of Minerva)

'old wife to enable' is the wordplay.
'old' becomes 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English).
'wife' becomes 'w'.
'to enable' becomes 'let' (I've seen this in another clue).
'o'+'w'+'let'='OWLET'

'young' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for owlet that I've seen before include "Young fly-by-night" , "Baby nocturnal raptor" , "Offspring of the wise one?" , "Baby bird; moth" , "Young bird; moth" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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