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One who steals mother's good food (6)

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magpie

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'one who steals' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'mother's good food' is the wordplay.
'mother' becomes 'ma' (ma can mean mother).
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'food' becomes 'pie' (pie is a kind of food).
'ma'+'g'+'pie'='MAGPIE'

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(Other definitions for magpie that I've seen before include "winger" , "1 [UNLUCKY FOR SOME]" , "Ominous bird if seen alone" , "Black-and-white crow" , "said to bring sorrow" .)

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