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Parrot Eliot initially pinched from another poet (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

kea

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'parrot' is the definition.
(I know that kea is a type of parrot)

'eliot initially pinched from another poet' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'from' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ka' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for kea that I've seen before include "bird" , "NZ flyer" , "Large New Zealand parrot" , "Green NZ parrot" , "NZ mountain parrot" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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