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Porridge for a flyer (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bird

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'porridge' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for bird that I've seen before include "Dawn chorus etc - book by Sebastian Faulks" , "Member of class Aves" , "Flying creature" , "Prison sentence - hawk, perhaps" , "chat, perhaps?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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