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Pole on line for bird (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sparrow

'bird' is the definition.
(sparrow is a kind of bird)

'pole on line' is the wordplay.
'pole' becomes 'spar' (spar is a kind of pole).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'line' becomes 'row' (a row or line of things).
'spar'+'row'='SPARROW'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sparrow that I've seen before include "one on the wing" , "Little brown bird" , "(Formerly very) common British bird" , "A chirrupy city bird" , "Small brownish bird" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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