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One has wings — told to taste without seasoning? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

triplane

'one has wings' is the definition.
(type of plane)

'told to taste without seasoning?' is the wordplay.
'told' shows a homophone (sound like).
'to taste' becomes 'try' (try can mean to taste some food).
'without seasoning?' becomes 'plane' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'try' is a homophone of 'tri'.
'tri'+'plane'='TRIPLANE'

(Other definitions for triplane that I've seen before include "old flier" , "old aircraft" , "Flyer" , "Three-winged aircraft" , "high flier once" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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