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Parrots pushing third of seeds to front (4)

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I believe the answer is:

apes

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'parrots' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'pushing third of seeds to front' is the wordplay.
'pushing third of' becomes 'ape' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to front' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letter of 'seeds' is 's'.
'ape'+'s'='APES'

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(Other definitions for apes that I've seen before include "Parrots" , "Imitates in every aspect" , "Copies the primates?" , "Large primates" , "Imitates like primates" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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