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Old World songbird for new girl, Stan? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

starling

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'old world songbird' is the definition.
'starling' can be an answer for 'songbird' (I've seen this before). I am not certain of the 'old world' bit.

'new girl stan?' is the wordplay.
'new' is an anagram indicator.
'girl'+'stan'='girlstan'
'girlstan' is an anagram of 'STARLING'.

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for starling that I've seen before include "Common songbird" , "Dark, glossy bird" , "Gregarious songbird" , "is naturally a good mimic" , "Stellar bird with blackish speckled feathers" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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